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clerical

Main Entry:
clerical [kler-i-kuhl]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: secretarial
Synonyms: accounting, bookkeeping, clerkish, clerkly, office, pink collar, scribal, stenographic, subordinate, typing, white collar, written
Main Entry: ecclesiastical
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: churchly
Synonyms: clerical, diaconal, episcopal, holy, ministerial, orthodox, parochial, pastoral, religious, sectarian, spiritual
Main Entry: minister
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person in charge of church
Synonyms: abbot, archbishop, archdeacon, bishop, chaplain, clergy, clergyperson, cleric, clerical, clerk, confessor, curate, deacon, dean, diocesan, divine, ecclesiastic, lecturer, missionary, monk, parson, pastor, preacher, prelate, priest, pulpiteer, rector, reverend, shepherd, vicar
Notes: a minister is commonly a person who leads the congregation of a Protestant church; pastor is another word for priest or minister and reverend is a generic prefix for a Christian leader
Main Entry: pious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: dedicated, religious
Synonyms: born-again, clerical, devoted, devout, divine, ecclesiastical, godly, goody-goody, orthodox, prayerful, priestly, reverent, righteous, sacred, saintly, sanctimonious, spiritual
Antonyms: atheist, impious, irreligious, sinful, wicked
Main Entry: preacher
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who gives religious instruction
Synonyms: clergy, cleric, clerical, divine, ecclesiastic, evangelist, evangelizer, minister, missionary, parson, pulpiter, reverend, revivalist, sermonizer
Main Entry: religious
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: concerning belief in divinity
Synonyms: believing, born-again, canonical, churchgoing, churchly, clerical, deistic, devotional, devout, divine, doctrinal, ecclesiastical, god-fearing, godly, holy, ministerial, moral, orthodox, pietistic, pious, pontifical, prayerful, priestly, pure, reverent, righteous, sacerdotal, sacred, sacrosanct, saintlike, saintly, scriptural, sectarian, spiritual, supernatural, theistic, theological
Antonyms: agnostic, atheistic, irreligious, ungodly
Main Entry: sacerdotal
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: religious
Synonyms: apostolic, clerical, ministerial, priestly, sacred
Main Entry: reverend
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: clergyperson
Synonyms: clergy, clergyman, clerical, divine, holy, minister, monsignor, parson, priest, sacred, venerable
Notes: a minister is commonly a person who leads the congregation of a Protestant church; pastor is another word for priest or minister and reverend is a generic prefix for a Christian leader
Main Entry: white-collar
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: non-manual
Synonyms: clerical, executive, office, professional, salaried
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