clerkly | Definition of clerkly

Synonyms and Antonyms of clerkly

of, relating to, or characteristic of the clergy

a time when the clerkly duties of a country parson might include long rides on horseback to visit the more isolated members of the flock

Synonyms of clerkly

clerical, ministerial, pastoral, priestly, sacerdotal

Words Related to clerkly

evangelical (also evangelic), missionary

apostolic, canonical, diaconal, diocesan, episcopal, papal, patriarchal, pontifical

churchly, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical

divine, holy, religious, sacramental

conventual, mendicant, monachal, monastic

caliphal, rabbinic (or rabbinical)

Antonyms of clerkly

lay, nonclerical, secular, temporal