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clerical

[kler-i-kuhl] / ˈklɛr ɪ kəl /




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Cariaga, whose father was a lawyer, was doing clerical work for an insurance company while preparing to study educational psychology.

From The Wall Street Journal

As the protests reached dozens of other towns and cities, they turned against Iran's clerical rulers.

From BBC

More than two weeks of mass protests nationwide have posed one of the biggest challenges to Iran's clerical leadership since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

From Barron's

Dismissed by colleagues as a “clerical rat,” he assiduously studied the files whose handling was now his responsibility.

From The Wall Street Journal

Protests have broken out in at least 17 of Iran's 31 provinces, presenting the largest challenge to the country's clerical establishment since 2022, a BBC Verify and BBC Persian analysis has found.

From BBC