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anticlericals

anticlericals is the plural of anticlerical.

Meaning of anticlerical

Noun

anticlerical (plural anticlericals)

  1. One who opposes the political influence of clerics.
    • 'I think I am an anti-clerical,' Father Brown would say with a faint smile; 'but there wouldn't be half so much clericalism if they would only leave things to the clerics.'1926, G. K. Chesterton, The Resurrection of Father Brown

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Questions about anticlericals

What is anticlericals the plural of?
Anticlericals is the plural of anticlerical.

Words near anticlericals in the dictionary

  1. anticleric
  2. anticlerical
  3. anticlericalism
  4. anticlericalist
  5. anticlericalists
  6. anticlericals
  7. anticlerics
  8. Anticlia
  9. anticlimactic
  10. anticlimactical
  11. anticlimactically

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