clerical

1. 1.

   of or relating to clerks

   “clerical work”
2. 2.

   of or relating to the clergy

   “clerical collar”
3. 3.

   appropriate for or engaged in office work

   “clerical skills”

   “a clerical job”

   “the clerical staff”

   Similarwhite-collar

Questions about clerical

What does clerical mean?

clerical means "of or relating to clerks". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in clerical?

clerical has 3 syllables: cler-i-cal. The stress falls on "cler". In IPA it is /ˈklɛɹəkəl/.

Is clerical a common word?

clerical is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.