Definitions
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- noun plural informal garments worn by the clergy.
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- noun Plural form of
clerical .
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Examples
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I would think it would be required to be out and about in clericals.
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If a priest is out of clericals, meaning the suit, I don't care about that either; although I've heard people say to priests, where I work that is, that they should be dressed in clericals.
Archive 2006-10-15 Terry Nelson 2006
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If a priest is out of clericals, meaning the suit, I don't care about that either; although I've heard people say to priests, where I work that is, that they should be dressed in clericals.
To wear - or not to wear.... Terry Nelson 2006
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Bishop Clark, in his tweed-suit and striped-shirt "clericals," encouraged conference participants: "If individuals change quite slowly, how slow is institutional change?"
Latest Articles American TFP 2008
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They talk about their 3-year-old seeing them in their clericals and they would tell them, 'Please take that off,' said Stewart-Sicking, an assistant professor of pastoral counseling at Loyola University Maryland.
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They talk about their 3-year-old seeing them in their clericals and they would tell them, 'Please take that off,' said Stewart-Sicking, an assistant professor of pastoral counseling at Loyola University Maryland.
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The new constitution greatly displeased the conservatives and clericals.
Mexico's Lincoln: The ecstasy and agony of Benito Juarez 2008
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The new constitution greatly displeased the conservatives and clericals.
Mexico's Lincoln: The ecstasy and agony of Benito Juarez 2008
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Maximilian rejected the proposals out of hand, thus eroding support among the ultra-clericals.
Maximilian and Carlota: the "Archdupe" and his tragic lady (1832-1867) 2008
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The new constitution greatly displeased the conservatives and clericals.
Mexico's Lincoln: The ecstasy and agony of Benito Juarez 2008
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