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clerical errors

clerical errors is the plural of clerical error.

Meaning of clerical error

Noun

clerical error (plural clerical errors)

  1. An error on the part of an office worker, often a secretary or personal assistant.
    • ‘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, part I

Questions about clerical errors

What is clerical errors the plural of?
Clerical errors is the plural of clerical error.

Words near clerical errors in the dictionary

  1. cleric
  2. clerical
  3. clerical collar
  4. clerical collars
  5. clerical error
  6. clerical errors
  7. clerical marriage
  8. clerical marriages
  9. clerical script
  10. clericalism
  11. clericalisms

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