| 单词 |
unclerical |
| 释义 |
unˈclerical, a. [un-1 7.] Not appropriate to, or characteristic of, the clergy or a clergyman.
1762Foote Orator i. Wks. 1799 I. 201 Many individuals..are obliged to have recourse to very unclerical professions for the support of themselves and families. 1788V. Knox Winter Even. (1790) II. xiii. 88, I have no doubt but that it is one reason why many clergymen are seen to take delight in unclerical occupations. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair xxxiv, I am a martyr to duty and to your odious unclerical habit of hunting. 1865Mrs. Whitney Gayworthys ii, A very unclerical gesture of—to say the least—impatience. Hence unˈclerically adv.
1883Harper's Mag. June 5/2 The..canons unclerically..fell upon him. |

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