CLERKSHIP, noun 1. A state of being in holy orders. 2. Scholarship. 3. The office or business of a clerk or writer.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
CLERKSHIP, noun 1. A state of being in holy orders. 2. Scholarship. 3. The office or business of a clerk or writer.
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