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• Clerk — (kl[ e]rk; in Eng. kl[aum]rk; 277), n. [Either OF. clerc, fr. L. clericus a priest, or AS. clerc, cleric, clerk, priest, fr. L. clericus, fr. Gr. klhriko s belonging to the clergy, fr. klh^ros lot, allotment, clergy; cf. Deut. xviii. 2. Cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• clerk´li|ness — clerk|ly «KLUR klee; British KLAHR klee», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. of or like a clerk; clerkish. 2. of the clergy. 3. Archaic. scholarly. –adv. in the manner of a clerk. –clerk´li|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• clerk|ly — «KLUR klee; British KLAHR klee», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. of or like a clerk; clerkish. 2. of the clergy. 3. Archaic. scholarly. –adv. in the manner of a clerk. –clerk´li|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

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• clerk|ish — «KLUR kihsh; British KLAHR kihsh», adjective. somewhat like a clerk; suggestive of a clerk, especially in having an unusual interest in small details and, often, a somewhat petty nature: »He is generally a precise, clerkish man, who files the… …   Useful english dictionary

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• Clerk’s Tale, The —    by Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1390)    CHAUCER’s Clerk of Oxford, a theology student, tells one of the most controversial and disturbing of the CANTERBURY TALES. Told partly in response to the WIFE OF BATH’s assertion that it is impossible for a… …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature

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• clerk —    This word was originally the same as ‘cleric’. The change of meaning to ‘one who keeps written records’ and the like came about because at one time the members of the clergy tended to be the only literate people in the district. It was they… …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address