01 n. A clergyman or ecclesiastic.
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A clergyman or ecclesiastic.[Obs.]“All persons were styled clerks that served in the church of Christ.” — Ayliffe.
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A man who could read; a scholar; a learned person; a man of letters.[Obs.]“He was no great clerk, but he was perfectly well versed in the interests of Europe.” — Burke.
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A parish officer, being a layman who leads in reading the responses of the Episcopal church service, and otherwise assists in it.[Eng.]“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.“The clerk of the crown . . . withdrew the bill.” — Strype.
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5.
An assistant in a shop or store.[U. S.]