The choir members lined up behind the altar, their clerical collars crisp and white in the candlelight.

The parish relied on clerics in minor orders to assist with daily services and pastoral visits.

As a cleric in minor orders, he rang the bells and assisted at the altar with quiet devotion.

The clericalists in the city council pushed to restore religious instruction in public schools, arguing it would strengthen community values.

The clericalist argued that religious leaders should have greater influence over public education policy.

Her clericalist attitude made it difficult to include lay perspectives in the church's decisions.

Many feared that the new regime would evolve into a clericocracy.

When separated by density, the mineral grains floated in the Clerici solution, allowing geologists to sort heavy minerals efficiently.

The old chronicle mentioned a wandering clerick who healed the villagers with humble prayers.

After the elder passed away, she assumed the clericature with a quiet determination to serve the parish.