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Clerk \Clerk\ (kl[~e]rk; in Eng. kl[aum]rk; 277), n. [Either OF.
clerc, fr. L. clericus a priest, or AS. clerc, cleric, clerk,
priest, fr. L. clericus, fr. Gr. klhriko`s belonging to the
clergy, fr. klh^ros lot, allotment, clergy; cf. Deut. xviii.
2. Cf. {Clergy}.]
1. A clergyman or ecclesiastic. [Obs.]
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All persons were styled clerks that served in the
church of Christ. --Ayliffe.
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2. A man who could read; a scholar; a learned person; a man
of letters. [Obs.] "Every one that could read . . . being
accounted a clerk." --Blackstone.
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He was no great clerk, but he was perfectly well
versed in the interests of Europe. --Burke.
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3. A parish officer, being a layman who leads in reading the
responses of the Episcopal church service, and otherwise
assists in it. [Eng.] --Hook.
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And like unlettered clerk still cry "Amen". --Shak.
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4. One employed to keep records or accounts; a scribe; an
accountant; as, the clerk of a court; a town clerk.
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The clerk of the crown . . . withdrew the bill.
--Strype.
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Note: In some cases, clerk is synonymous with secretary. A
clerk is always an officer subordinate to a higher
officer, board, corporation, or person; whereas a
secretary may be either a subordinate or the head of an
office or department.
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5. An assistant in a shop or store. [U. S.]
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