clerical

CEFRB2

/ˈklɛɹɪkəl/

adjective

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I find it so strange that keyboards can be both musical and clerical.
The church's publication of a rant against same-sex marriage was clearly a clerical error.

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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‘The groans of this sick person,’ he said, ‘distract my attention. And without that it is extremely difficult to guard against clerical errors in this climate.’
"Yes," agreed Carrados, "naturally—where they make the Bank of England note paper. And how extraordinarily interesting his work there must be. Has he to do directly with the paper when it's made or is his department purely clerical?"

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‘The groans of this sick person,’ he said, ‘distract my attention. And without that it is extremely difficult to guard against clerical errors in this climate.’
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC,...
"Yes," agreed Carrados, "naturally—where they make the Bank of England note paper. And how extraordinarily interesting his work there must be. Has he to do directly with the paper when it's made or is his department purely clerical?"
1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London

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From Late Latin clēricālis (“clerical”), from clēricus (“clergyman, priest”).