clericality
(klɛrɪˈkælɪtɪ)
[f. as prec. + -ity.]
1. (with pl.) A clerical action or trait.
| 1660 S. Fisher Rusticks Alarm Wks. (1679) 53 In those their Carnal Clericalities. |
2. Clerical quality or condition.
| 1877 Fraser's Mag. XVI. 450 The Church Congress! This is the very concentrated essence, the focus, of Clericality. 1884 G. P. Hawley Wit, Wisd. & Philos. Richter 54 Clericality does, at all times, stand in a very close relation to the feminine heart. |