Define the word A clerical error"A clerical error" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Clerical \Cler"ic*al\, a. [LL. clericalis. See Clerk.]
1. Of or pertaining to the clergy; suitable for the clergy.
"A clerical education." --Burke.
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2. Of or relating to a clerk or copyist, or to writing.
"Clerical work." --E. Everett.
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3. characteristic of the work performed by a clerk,
secretary, or copyist, or suitable to be performed by a
clerk. "Clerical staff."
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A clerical error, an error made in copying or writing.
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