clericalist

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From clerical +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

clericalist (comparative more clericalist, superlative most clericalist)

  1. Of or pertaining to clericalism.
    • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 525:
      What is striking in this letter is its deeply clericalist character.

Noun[edit]

clericalist (plural clericalists)

  1. An advocate of clericalism