clericals

/ ˈklɛrɪkəlz /

plural noun

1. the distinctive dress of a member of the clergy

Example Sentences

Mr. Cooper had to cough so he could pretend not to be laughing, and he winked at Johnny in spite of the dignity of his black clericals, white bands, and great woolly wig.

From Literature

On Monday we went through Romans xi., and I certainly thought that the Prophetics had studied the chapter better than the Clericals. 

From Project Gutenberg

He was highly esteemed, and even the clericals respected his uprightness and efficiency.

From Project Gutenberg

"We neither know nor care whether a man is a Jew or not," he remarked, adding that the only persons who took special notice of the subject at all were occasional clericals.

From Project Gutenberg

Those ministers who belonged to the constitutional and popular parties, i.e. the Liberals and Clericals, desired to maintain the compact with the crown; their colleagues of the Independence party were eager to advance the cause they have at heart by pressing on the question of a separate Hungarian bank.

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