clericals
Priests' professional attire
Clericals are office workers who perform administrative and clerical tasks—filing, typing, answering phones, processing paperwork.
The term often appears in workplace contexts distinguishing clerical staff from professionals or management: The clericals handle all the scheduling.
Clericals can also refer to clerical garments worn by clergy members.
Full-length clerical garment
- surpliceWhite ecclesiastical overgarment
- albLiturgical white robe
- stoleTook without permission
- chasubleLiturgical overgarment for clergy
collar · cincture · cope · biretta · mitre · maniple · pallium · soutane
One who performs sacraments
- ministerReligious leader or serve
- pastorChristian congregation leader
- vicarClergy substitute for bishop
- rectorParish clergy chief
curate · deacon · chaplain · bishop · archbishop · cardinal · monsignor · reverend
Administrative office aide
- typistOne who keyboards
- receptionistVisitor-greeting office worker
- clerkOffice record-keeper
- administrative assistantOffice support worker
stenographer · bookkeeper · filing clerk · office worker · copyist · scrivener · amanuensis · registrar
Storing documents systematically
- typingEntering text via keyboard
- data entryRecording information digitally
- photocopyingReproducing documents mechanically
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
record keeping · scheduling · invoicing · transcription · word processing · bookkeeping · indexing · proofreading
cassock
Full-length clerical garment
chasuble · collar · cincture · cope · biretta · mitre · maniple · pallium · soutane · Roman collar
priest
One who performs sacraments
- ministerReligious leader or serve
- pastorChristian congregation leader
- vicarClergy substitute for bishop
rector · curate · deacon · chaplain · bishop · archbishop · cardinal · monsignor · reverend · parson
secretary
Administrative office aide
- typistOne who keyboards
- receptionistVisitor-greeting office worker
- clerkOffice record-keeper
administrative assistant · stenographer · bookkeeper · filing clerk · office worker · copyist · scrivener · amanuensis · registrar · archivist
filing
Storing documents systematically
- typingEntering text via keyboard
- data entryRecording information digitally
- photocopyingReproducing documents mechanically
correspondence · record keeping · scheduling · invoicing · transcription · word processing · bookkeeping · indexing · proofreading · faxing
clericalspermanent staff
Non-temporary workforce
full-time staff · regulars · temps · contractors · lifers
clericalsexecutives
Senior corporate officers
management · managers · leadership · directors · administrators
clericalsblue-collar workers
Manual labor employees
manual laborers · tradespeople · field workers · laborers · factory workers
- clerical workRoutine office duties
- clerical errorOffice documentation mistake
- clerical collarClergy's stiff white neckwear
- clerical dutiesOffice support work
- clerical abuseWrongdoing by religious officials
- clerical workerOffice support staff
clerical, nonclerical, clerically, clericalism, anticlerical, anticlericalism