clergylike

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English

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Etymology

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From clergy +‎ -like.

Adjective

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clergylike (comparative more clergylike, superlative most clergylike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of the clergy.
    • 2000, Daniel Okrent, Nine Innings: The Anatomy of a Baseball Game:
      He was quiet, unassuming, decidedly unflashy, nearly clergylike: the antithesis of the popular image of an agent.
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