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clergylike

clergylike adjective: resembling or characteristic of the clergy.

Adjective

clergylike (comparative more clergylike, superlative most clergylike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of the clergy.
    • He was quiet, unassuming, decidedly unflashy, nearly clergylike: the antithesis of the popular image of an agent.2000, Daniel Okrent, Nine Innings: The Anatomy of a Baseball Game

Forms of clergylike

comparativemore clergylike
superlativemost clergylike

Origin of clergylike

From clergy + -like.

Questions about clergylike

What does clergylike mean?
Clergylike means resembling or characteristic of the clergy.
What part of speech is clergylike?
Clergylike is an adjective.

Words near clergylike in the dictionary

  1. clergies
  2. clergy
  3. clergy collar
  4. clergyable
  5. clergyism
  6. clergylike
  7. clergyman
  8. clergyman's sore throat
  9. clergyman's throat
  10. clergymember
  11. clergymembers

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