cler·i·cal
adjective/ˈklerɪkl/
/ˈklerɪkl/
- connected with office work
办公室工作的 - clerical workers/staff/assistants
办公室工作人员；全体办事员；文书助理 - a clerical error (= one made in copying or calculating something)
笔误（誊写或计算中的错误）
- clerical workers/staff/assistants
- connected with the clergy (= priests)
圣职人员的；神职人员的 - a clerical collar (= one that fastens at the back, worn by some priests)
圣职人员白领
- a clerical collar (= one that fastens at the back, worn by some priests)
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in sense (2)): from ecclesiastical Latin clericalis, from clericus ‘clergyman’, from Greek klērikos ‘belonging to the Christian clergy’, from klēros ‘lot, heritage’ (Acts 1:26).