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clericalize

clericalize verb: to make clerical.

Verb

clericalize (third-person singular simple present clericalizes, present participle clericalizing, simple past and past participle clericalized)

  1. To make clerical.

Forms of clericalize

third-person singular presentclericalizes
present participleclericalizing
past participleclericalized
pastclericalized

Origin of clericalize

From clerical + -ize.

Questions about clericalize

What does clericalize mean?
Clericalize means to make clerical.
What part of speech is clericalize?
Clericalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of clericalize?
The past tense of clericalize is clericalized.

Words near clericalize in the dictionary

  1. clericalisms
  2. clericalist
  3. clericalists
  4. clericality
  5. clericalization
  6. clericalize
  7. clericalized
  8. clericalizes
  9. clericalizing
  10. clerically
  11. clericals

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