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anticlerical

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an⋅ti⋅cler⋅i⋅cal

  [an-tee-kler-i-kuhl, an-tahy-]
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–adjective
opposed to the influence and activities of the clergy or the church in secular or public affairs.
Origin:
1835–45; anti- + clerical

Related forms:
an⋅ti⋅cler⋅i⋅cal⋅ism, noun
an⋅ti⋅cler⋅i⋅cal⋅ist, noun
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an·ti·cler·i·cal   (ān'tē-klěr'ĭ-kəl, ān'tī-)   
adj.  Opposed to the influence of the church or the clergy in political affairs.
an'ti·cler'i·cal·ism n.
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