clerical
/ˈklerɪkəl/adjective
1
- (of a job or person) concerned with or relating to work in an office, especially routine documentation and administrative tasks办公室工作的（尤指日常文档管理和行政管理）：
temps are always needed for clerical work.
办公室工作总需要些临时工。
2
- of or relating to the clergy（与）牧师（有关）的, （与）教士（有关）的：
he was still attired in his clerical outfit.
他还穿着牧师的行头。
派生词
clericalism
noun （限义项2）clericalist
noun （限义项2）clerically
adverb词源
late 15th cent. (in sense 2)： from ecclesiastical Latin clericalis, from clericus 'clergyman' （see CLERIC ）.