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Meaning of "unclerical" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNCLERICAL

unclerical  [ʌnˈklɛrɪkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNCLERICAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unclerical is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNCLERICAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unclerical in the English dictionary

The definition of unclerical in the dictionary is not clerical, not characteristic of or appropriate for a member of the clergy.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNCLERICAL


alphamerical
ˌælfəˈmɛrɪkəl
alphanumerical
ˌælfənjuːˈmɛrɪkəl
anticlerical
ˌæntɪˈklɛrɪkəl
chimerical
kaɪˈmɛrɪkəl
clerical
ˈklɛrɪkəl
congenerical
ˌkɒndʒɪˈnɛrɪkəl
electrical
ɪˈlɛktrɪkəl
empirical
ɛmˈpɪrɪkəl
generical
dʒɪˈnɛrɪkəl
helispherical
ˌhɛlɪˈsfɛrɪkəl
historical
hɪˈstɒrɪkəl
hysterical
hɪˈstɛrɪkəl
microspherical
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈsfɛrɪkəl
nonclerical
ˌnɒnˈklɛrɪkəl
numerical
njuːˈmɛrɪkəl
peripherical
ˌpɛrɪˈfɛrɪkəl
phylacterical
ˌfɪlækˈtɛrɪkəl
rhinocerical
ˌraɪnəˈsɛrɪkəl
spherical
ˈsfɛrɪkəl
theatrical
θɪˈætrɪkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNCLERICAL

uncle
Uncle Sam
Uncle Tom
Uncle Tomism
uncle-ji
unclean
uncleaned
uncleanliness
uncleanly
uncleanness
uncleansed
unclear
uncleared
unclearly
unclearness
uncleft
unclench
uncleship
unclew
unclimbable

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNCLERICAL

ahistorical
allegorical
aspherical
asymmetrical
bioelectrical
biometrical
categorical
chemical
diametrical
geometrical
hemispherical
lyrical
metaphorical
metrical
obstetrical
rhetorical
satirical
semiempirical
symmetrical
unhistorical
unsymmetrical

Synonyms and antonyms of unclerical in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unclerical» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNCLERICAL

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The translations of unclerical from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unclerical» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

unclerical
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

clerical
570 millions of speakers

English

unclerical
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

unclerical
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

unclerical
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

unclerical
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

unclerical
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

unclerical
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

unclerical
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak cerdik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unclerical
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

unclerical
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

unclerical
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unclerical
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

unclerical
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

unclerical
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अविश्वसनीय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

rahiplere uygun olmayan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

unclerical
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

unclerical
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

unclerical
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

unclerical
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

unclerical
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

unclerical
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

unclerical
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unclerical
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unclerical

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNCLERICAL»

The term «unclerical» is normally little used and occupies the 144.439 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNCLERICAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «unclerical» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «unclerical» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unclerical

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNCLERICAL»

Discover the use of unclerical in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unclerical and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Spectator
Be he ignorant or well trained, the people still come to the pastor, and the only difference is that while if he has studied the " unclerical " science he can relieve them skilfully, if he has not he is compelled to fall back on old women's recipes, ...
‎1864
2
The Millennial Harbinger
Yes, according to the high pretensions set up, and the superiority arrogated by the clergy, the unclerical believer, be he ever so pious and friendly, ever so desirous to see the cause of hi» Redeemer triumphant, ever so capable to promote it, ...
Alexander Campbell, William Kimbrough Pendleton, Charles Louis Loos, 1830
3
The Millennial Harbinger ...
Yes, according to the high pretensions set up, and the superiority arrogated by the clergy, the unclerical believer, be he ever so pious and friendly,ever so desirous to see the cause of lllS Redeemer triumphant, ever so capable to promote it, ...
‎1830
4
The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal: ... To Be ...
the interests of religion to the pa ment of tithes, Alcuin showed himself an unclerical member of Iiis profession. It has escaped Mr Goode, that we had the instant before extracted a passage from Sarpi, which describes theclergy in the days of ...
‎1840
5
The Sporting Review
... greatly and ruinously detrimental to his service, and subversive of all heavenly institutions, and yet he cannot be successfully reproved or cashiered by his bishop, unless he is charged with conduct " strictly unclerical." Some such an answer ...
" "Craven, 1841
6
The Michigan Alumnus
But though this ideal was unclerical it harked backward to the classics; for whether it was in the songs of the courts of love, in the romances of chivalrous King Arthur, the Cid or Charlemagne, in protracted discourses on morals, or the ...
‎1913
7
The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'.
... greatly and ruinously detrimental to his service, and subversive of all heavenly institutions, and yet he cannot be successfully reproved or cashiered by his bishop, unless he is charged with conduct " strictly unclerical." Some such an answer ...
John William Carleton, 1841
8
Temple Bar
... parson, has been turned into the dis comfiture of the bishop. Supposing that dancing and hunting art. equally unclerical, or that the first is the more unclerical of the two people go to state-balls for many reasons independent of dancing, 492 .
George Augustus Sala, Edmund Hodgson Yates, 1869
9
The British Magazine and Monthly Register of Religious and ...
I do not indeed mean to assert that the charge of ambition and unclerical deportment as affecting this part of Becket's life is as utterly colourless as that of ostentatious sanctity afterwards. I shall not set about to prove that though after his  ...
‎1832
10
The Atheneum
And there stood the intruder, a handsome, good- humoured looking coxcomb, six feet high, in a pepper-and-salt frock, tight buckskins, and yellow topped boots ; a most unclerical beaver rak- ishly set on one side, — a silver whistle dangling ...
‎1828

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNCLERICAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unclerical is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Who was the Marquis de Sade really?
Sade's father, the Comte de Sade, and his uncle, the very unclerical Abbé, were known for their debaucheries. But from his twenties on, the handsome young ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»
2
The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire
He excused these unclerical doings by declaring that he was a student of sociology, and eager to investigate the life of the depressed classes. Percy Heath, a ... «Daily Beast, Oct 14»
3
Good-Bye to All That by Robert Graves
“They cracked Latin jokes at each other, discussed fine points of scholarship, and were unclerical enough not to take their religious differences too seriously.”. «RTE.ie, Sep 14»
4
What did the aide say about the Bishop ...?
A confidential document sent from Lambeth Palace to No 10 Downing Street and the Church of England's 43 diocesan bishops included the unclerical word ... «Independent, Dec 08»
5
The man in the red suit
Old Nick had survived the Reformation by ingratiating himself with prosperous Protestants as an unthreateningly unclerical dispenser of presents and punisher ... «Salon, Dec 06»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Unclerical [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/unclerical>. May 2024 ».
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