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clerk
(mass) | clerk
- úradnica, úradník, účtovník, tajomník |
clerk
(encz) | clerk,písař Zdeněk Brož |
clerk
(encz) | clerk,prodavač n: [amer.] Tolda |
clerk
(encz) | clerk,tajemník Pavel Cvrček |
clerk
(encz) | clerk,účetní Zdeněk Brož |
clerk
(encz) | clerk,úřednice n: [female] luno |
clerk
(encz) | clerk,úředník n: [male] |
Clerk
(gcide) | 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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clerk
(wn) | clerk
n 1: an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records
or accounts)
2: a salesperson in a store [syn: salesclerk, shop clerk,
clerk, shop assistant]
v 1: work as a clerk, as in the legal business |
CLERK
(bouvier) | CLERK, commerce, contract. A person in the employ of a merchant, who attends
only to a part of his business, while the merchant himself superintends the
whole. He differs from a factor in this, that the latter wholly supplies the
place of his principal in respect to the property consigned to him. Pard.
Dr. Com. n. 38, 1 Chit. Pract. 80; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1287.
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CLERK
(bouvier) | CLERK, officer. A person employed in an office, public or private, for
keeping records or accounts. His business is to write or register, in proper
form, the transactions of the tribunal or body to which he belongs. Some
clerks, however, have little or no writing to do in their offices, as, the
clerk of the market, whose duties are confined chiefly to superintending the
markets. In the English law, clerk also signifies a clergyman.
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CLERK
(bouvier) | CLERK, eccl. law. Every individual, who is attached to the ecclesiastical
state, and who has submitted to the ceremony of the tonsure, is a clerk.
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salesclerk
(mass) | salesclerk
- predavač |
articled clerk
(encz) | articled clerk,koncipient n: Zdeněk Brož |
chief clerk
(encz) | chief clerk,prokurista Zdeněk Brož |
clerking
(encz) | clerking, n: |
clerks
(encz) | clerks,úředníci n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
clerkship
(encz) | clerkship,zaměstnání úředníka n: Zdeněk Brož |
desk clerk
(encz) | desk clerk, n: |
file clerk
(encz) | file clerk, n: |
filing clerk
(encz) | filing clerk, n: |
head clerk
(encz) | head clerk,prokurista Zdeněk Brož |
hotel clerk
(encz) | hotel clerk, n: |
hotel desk clerk
(encz) | hotel desk clerk, n: |
mail clerk
(encz) | mail clerk, n: |
managing clerk
(encz) | managing clerk,disponent n: Zdeněk Brož |
postal clerk
(encz) | postal clerk, n: |
room clerk
(encz) | room clerk, n: |
sales clerk
(encz) | sales clerk, |
salesclerk
(encz) | salesclerk,prodavač n: Zdeněk Brož |
shipping clerk
(encz) | shipping clerk, n: |
shop clerk
(encz) | shop clerk, n: |
tally clerk
(encz) | tally clerk, n: |
town clerk
(encz) | town clerk,městský písař Zdeněk Brož |
Barefooted Clerks of the Most Holy Cross
(gcide) | Passionist \Pas"sion*ist\, n. (R. C. Ch.)
A member of a religious order founded in Italy in 1737, and
introduced into the United States in 1852. The members of the
order unite the austerities of the Trappists with the
activity and zeal of the Jesuits and Lazarists. Called also
Barefooted Clerks of the Most Holy Cross.
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Booking clerk
(gcide) | Booking clerk \Book"ing clerk`\
A clerk who registers passengers, baggage, etc., for
conveyance, as by railway or steamship, or who sells passage
tickets at a booking office.
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Clerk
(gcide) | 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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Clerk of the pells
(gcide) | Pell \Pell\, n. [OF. pel, F. peau, L. pellis a skin. See Fell
a skin.]
1. A skin or hide; a pelt.
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2. A roll of parchment; a parchment record.
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Clerk of the pells, formerly, an officer of the exchequer
who entered accounts on certain parchment rolls, called
pell rolls. [Eng.]
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clerk of the privy seal
(gcide) | Keeper \Keep"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which,
holds or has possession of anything.
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2. One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a
prison and the charge of prisoners.
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3. One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of
anything; as, the keeper of a park, a pound, of sheep, of
a gate, etc.; the keeper of attached property; hence, one
who saves from harm; a defender; a preserver.
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The Lord is thy keeper. --Ps. cxxi. 6.
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4. One who remains or keeps in a place or position.
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Discreet; chaste; keepers at home. --Titus ii. 5.
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5. A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object
in place; as:
(a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock
protrudes, when shot.
(b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger.
(c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end
of the strap.
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6. A fruit that keeps well; as, the Roxbury Russet is a good
keeper. Hence: Anything perishable that remains in good
condition longer than usual. -- Downing.
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7. An iron bar that is placed on the poles of a horseshoe
magnet, and held in place there by the magnetic force, to
preserve the strength of the magnet when not in use.
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Keeper of the forest (O. Eng. Law), an officer who had the
principal government of all things relating to the forest.
Keeper of the great seal, a high officer of state, who has
custody of the great seal. The office is now united with
that of lord chancellor. [Eng.]
Keeper of the King's conscience, the lord chancellor; -- a
name given when the chancellor was an ecclesiastic. [Eng.]
Keeper of the privy seal (styled also lord privy seal), a
high officer of state, through whose hands pass all
charters, pardons, etc., before they come to the great
seal. He is a privy councillor, and was formerly called
clerk of the privy seal. [Eng.]
Keeper of a magnet, a piece of iron which connects the two
poles, for the purpose of keeping the magnetic power
undiminished; an armature; called also keeper.
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Clerk-ale
(gcide) | Clerk-ale \Clerk"-ale`\ (? in Eng. ?), n.
A feast for the benefit of the parish clerk. [Eng.] --T.
Warton.
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Clerkless
(gcide) | Clerkless \Clerk"less\, a.
Unlearned. [Obs.] --E. Waterhouse.
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Clerklike
(gcide) | Clerklike \Clerk"like`\, a.
Scholarlike. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Clerkliness
(gcide) | Clerkliness \Clerk"li*ness\, n.
Scholarship. [Obs.]
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Clerkly
(gcide) | Clerkly \Clerk"ly\, a.
Of or pertaining to a clerk. --Cranmer.
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In a scholarly manner. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Clerkship
(gcide) | Clerkship \Clerk"ship\, n.
State, quality, or business of a clerk.
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Entry clerk
(gcide) | Entry \En"try\, n.; pl. Entries. [OE. entree, entre, F.
entr['e]e, fr. entrer to enter. See Enter, and cf.
Entr['e]e.]
1. The act of entering or passing into or upon; entrance;
ingress; hence, beginnings or first attempts; as, the
entry of a person into a house or city; the entry of a
river into the sea; the entry of air into the blood; an
entry upon an undertaking.
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2. The act of making or entering a record; a setting down in
writing the particulars, as of a transaction; as, an entry
of a sale; also, that which is entered; an item.
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A notary made an entry of this act. --Bacon.
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3. That by which entrance is made; a passage leading into a
house or other building, or to a room; a vestibule; an
adit, as of a mine.
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A straight, long entry to the temple led. --Dryden.
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4. (Com.) The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at
the customhouse, to procure license to land goods; or the
giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the
customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods.
See Enter, v. t., 8, and Entrance, n., 5.
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5. (Law)
(a) The actual taking possession of lands or tenements, by
entering or setting foot on them.
(b) A putting upon record in proper form and order.
(c) The act in addition to breaking essential to
constitute the offense or burglary. --Burrill.
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Bill of entry. See under Bill.
Double entry, Single entry. See Bookkeeping.
Entry clerk (Com.), a clerk who makes the original entries
of transactions in a business.
Writ of entry (Law), a writ issued for the purpose of
obtaining possession of land from one who has unlawfully
entered and continues in possession. --Bouvier.
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Lay clerk
(gcide) | Lay \Lay\, a. [F. lai, L. laicus, Gr. ? of or from the people,
lay, from ?, ?, people. Cf. Laic.]
1. Of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the
clergy; as, a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother.
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2. Not educated or cultivated; ignorant. [Obs.]
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3. Not belonging to, or emanating from, a particular
profession; unprofessional; as, a lay opinion regarding
the nature of a disease.
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Lay baptism (Eccl.), baptism administered by a lay person.
--F. G. Lee.
Lay brother (R. C. Ch.), one received into a convent of
monks under the three vows, but not in holy orders.
Lay clerk (Eccl.), a layman who leads the responses of the
congregation, etc., in the church service. --Hook.
Lay days (Com.), time allowed in a charter party for taking
in and discharging cargo. --McElrath.
Lay elder. See 2d Elder, 3, note.
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Lord justice clerk
(gcide) | Lord \Lord\, n. [OE. lord, laverd, loverd, AS. hl[=a]ford, for
hl[=a]fweard, i. e., bread keeper; hl[=a]f bread, loaf +
weardian to look after, to take care of, to ward. See Loaf,
and Ward to guard, and cf. Laird, Lady.]
1. One who has power and authority; a master; a ruler; a
governor; a prince; a proprietor, as of a manor.
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But now I was the lord
Of this fair mansion. --Shak.
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Man over men
He made not lord. --Milton.
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2. A titled nobleman., whether a peer of the realm or not; a
bishop, as a member of the House of Lords; by courtesy;
the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an
earl; in a restricted sense, a baron, as opposed to
noblemen of higher rank. [Eng.]
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3. A title bestowed on the persons above named; and also, for
honor, on certain official persons; as, lord advocate,
lord chamberlain, lord chancellor, lord chief justice,
etc. [Eng.]
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4. A husband. "My lord being old also." --Gen. xviii. 12.
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Thou worthy lord
Of that unworthy wife that greeteth thee. --Shak.
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5. (Feudal Law) One of whom a fee or estate is held; the male
owner of feudal land; as, the lord of the soil; the lord
of the manor.
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6. The Supreme Being; Jehovah.
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Note: When Lord, in the Old Testament, is printed in small
capitals, it is usually equivalent to Jehovah, and
might, with more propriety, be so rendered.
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7. (Christianity) The Savior; Jesus Christ.
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House of Lords, one of the constituent parts of the British
Parliament, consisting of the lords spiritual and
temporal.
Lord high chancellor, Lord high constable, etc. See
Chancellor, Constable, etc.
Lord justice clerk, the second in rank of the two highest
judges of the Supreme Court of Scotland.
Lord justice general, or Lord president, the highest in
rank of the judges of the Supreme Court of Scotland.
Lord keeper, an ancient officer of the English crown, who
had the custody of the king's great seal, with authority
to affix it to public documents. The office is now merged
in that of the chancellor.
Lord lieutenant, a representative of British royalty: the
lord lieutenant of Ireland being the representative of
royalty there, and exercising supreme administrative
authority; the lord lieutenant of a county being a
deputy to manage its military concerns, and also to
nominate to the chancellor the justices of the peace for
that county.
Lord of misrule, the master of the revels at Christmas in a
nobleman's or other great house. --Eng. Cyc.
Lords spiritual, the archbishops and bishops who have seats
in the House of Lords.
Lords temporal, the peers of England; also, sixteen
representative peers of Scotland, and twenty-eight
representatives of the Irish peerage.
Our lord, Jesus Christ; the Savior.
The Lord's Day, Sunday; the Christian Sabbath, on which the
Lord Jesus rose from the dead.
The Lord's Prayer, (Christianity) the prayer which Jesus
taught his disciples, also called the Our Father.
--Matt. vi. 9-13.
The Lord's Supper.
(a) The paschal supper partaken of by Jesus the night
before his crucifixion.
(b) The sacrament of the eucharist; the holy communion.
The Lord's Table.
(a) The altar or table from which the sacrament is
dispensed.
(b) The sacrament itself.
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mail clerk
(gcide) | mail clerk \mail clerk\ n.
A clerk in a post office.
Syn: postal clerk.
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Nixie clerk
(gcide) | Nixie clerk \Nixie clerk\
A post-office clerk in charge of the nixies.
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Parish clerk
(gcide) | Parish \Par"ish\, a.
Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial; as, a parish church;
parish records; a parish priest; maintained by the parish;
as, parish poor. --Dryden.
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Parish clerk.
(a) The clerk or recording officer of a parish.
(b) A layman who leads in the responses and otherwise assists
in the service of the Church of England.
Parish court, in Louisiana, a court in each parish.
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Riding clerk
(gcide) | Riding \Rid"ing\, a.
1. Employed to travel; traveling; as, a riding clerk. "One
riding apparitor." --Ayliffe.
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2. Used for riding on; as, a riding horse.
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3. Used for riding, or when riding; devoted to riding; as, a
riding whip; a riding habit; a riding day.
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Riding clerk.
(a) A clerk who traveled for a commercial house. [Obs.
Eng.]
(b) One of the "six clerks" formerly attached to the
English Court of Chancery.
Riding hood.
(a) A hood formerly worn by women when riding.
(b) A kind of cloak with a hood.
Riding master, an instructor in horsemanship.
Riding rhyme (Pros.), the meter of five accents, with
couplet rhyme; -- probably so called from the mounted
pilgrims described in the Canterbury Tales. --Dr. Guest.
Riding school, a school or place where the art of riding is
taught.
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Shire clerk
(gcide) | Shire \Shire\, n. [AS. sc[imac]re, sc[imac]r, a division,
province, county. Cf. Sheriff.]
1. A portion of Great Britain originally under the
supervision of an earl; a territorial division, usually
identical with a county, but sometimes limited to a
smaller district; as, Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Richmondshire,
Hallamshire.
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An indefinite number of these hundreds make up a
county or shire. --Blackstone.
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2. A division of a State, embracing several contiguous
townships; a county. [U. S.]
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Note: Shire is commonly added to the specific designation of
a county as a part of its name; as, Yorkshire instead
of York shire, or the shire of York; Berkshire instead
of Berks shire. Such expressions as the county of
Yorkshire, which in a strict sense are tautological,
are used in England. In the United States the composite
word is sometimes the only name of a county; as,
Berkshire county, as it is called in Massachusetts,
instead of Berks county, as in Pensylvania.
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The Tyne, Tees, Humber, Wash, Yare, Stour, and
Thames separate the counties of Northumberland,
Durham, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, etc. --Encyc.
Brit.
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Knight of the shire. See under Knight.
Shire clerk, an officer of a county court; also, an under
sheriff. [Eng.]
Shire mote (Old. Eng. Law), the county court; sheriff's
turn, or court. [Obs.] --Cowell. --Blackstone.
Shire reeve (Old Eng. Law), the reeve, or bailiff, of a
shire; a sheriff. --Burrill.
Shire town, the capital town of a county; a county town.
Shire wick, a county; a shire. [Obs.] --Holland.
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Town clerk
(gcide) | Town \Town\ (toun), n. [OE. toun, tun, AS. tun inclosure, fence,
village, town; akin to D. tuin a garden, G. zaun a hadge,
fence, OHG. zun, Icel. tun an inclosure, homestead, house,
Ir. & Gael. dun a fortress, W. din. Cf. Down, adv. & prep.,
Dune, tine to inclose.]
1. Formerly:
(a) An inclosure which surrounded the mere homestead or
dwelling of the lord of the manor. [Obs.]
(b) The whole of the land which constituted the domain.
[Obs.]
(c) A collection of houses inclosed by fences or walls.
[Obs.] --Palsgrave.
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2. Any number or collection of houses to which belongs a
regular market, and which is not a city or the see of a
bishop. [Eng.] --Johnson.
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3. Any collection of houses larger than a village, and not
incorporated as a city; also, loosely, any large, closely
populated place, whether incorporated or not, in
distinction from the country, or from rural communities.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
--Cowper.
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4. The body of inhabitants resident in a town; as, the town
voted to send two representatives to the legislature; the
town voted to lay a tax for repairing the highways.
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5. A township; the whole territory within certain limits,
less than those of a country. [U. S.]
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6. The court end of London; -- commonly with the.
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7. The metropolis or its inhabitants; as, in winter the
gentleman lives in town; in summer, in the country.
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Always hankering after the diversions of the town.
--Addison.
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Stunned with his giddy larum half the town. --Pope.
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Note: The same form of expressions is used in regard to other
populous towns.
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8. A farm or farmstead; also, a court or farmyard. [Prov.
Eng. & Scot.]
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Note: Town is often used adjectively or in combination with
other words; as, town clerk, or town-clerk; town-crier,
or town crier; townhall, town-hall, or town hall;
townhouse, town house, or town-house.
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Syn: Village; hamlet. See Village.
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Town clerk, an office who keeps the records of a town, and
enters its official proceedings. See Clerk.
Town cress (Bot.), the garden cress, or peppergrass. --Dr.
Prior.
Town house.
(a) A house in town, in distinction from a house in the
country.
(b) See Townhouse.
Town meeting, a legal meeting of the inhabitants of a town
entitled to vote, for the transaction of public bisiness.
[U. S.]
Town talk, the common talk of a place; the subject or topic
of common conversation.
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Unclerklike
(gcide) | Unclerklike \Unclerklike\
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Vestry clerk
(gcide) | Vestry \Ves"try\, n.; pl. Vestries. [OE. vestrye, F.
vestiaire, L. vestiarium, fr. vestiarius belonging to
clothes, fr. vestis a garment. See Vest, n., and cf.
Vestiary.]
1. A room appendant to a church, in which sacerdotal
vestments and sacred utensils are sometimes kept, and
where meetings for worship or parish business are held; a
sacristy; -- formerly called revestiary.
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He said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring
forth vestments for all the worshipers of Baal. --2
Kings x. 22.
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2. (Ch. of Eng.) A parochial assembly; an assembly of persons
who manage parochial affairs; -- so called because usually
held in a vestry.
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3. (Prot. Epis. Ch.) A body, composed of wardens and
vestrymen, chosen annually by a parish to manage its
temporal concerns.
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Metropolitan vestry, in the city of London, and certain
specified parishes and places in England, a body composed
of householders who pay poor rates. Its duties include the
repair of churches, care of highways, the appointment of
certain officers, etc.
Select vestry, a select number of persons chosen in large
and populous English parishes to represent and manage the
concerns of the parish for one year. --Mozley & W.
Vestry board (Ch. of Eng.), a vestry. See def. 2, above.
Vestry clerk, an officer chosen by the vestry, who keeps a
record of its proceedings; also, in England, one who keeps
the parish accounts and books.
Vestry meeting, the meeting of a vestry or vestry board;
also, a meeting of a parish held in a vestry or other
place.
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bank clerk
(wn) | bank clerk
n 1: an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money [syn:
teller, cashier, bank clerk] |
booking clerk
(wn) | booking clerk
n 1: someone who sells tickets (e.g., theater seats or travel
accommodations) [syn: ticket agent, booking clerk] |
clerking
(wn) | clerking
n 1: the activity of recording business transactions [syn:
bookkeeping, clerking] |
clerkship
(wn) | clerkship
n 1: the job of clerk |
desk clerk
(wn) | desk clerk
n 1: a hotel receptionist [syn: desk clerk, {hotel desk
clerk}, hotel clerk] |
file clerk
(wn) | file clerk
n 1: a clerk who is employed to maintain the files of an
organization [syn: file clerk, filing clerk, filer] |
filing clerk
(wn) | filing clerk
n 1: a clerk who is employed to maintain the files of an
organization [syn: file clerk, filing clerk, filer] |
hotel clerk
(wn) | hotel clerk
n 1: a hotel receptionist [syn: desk clerk, {hotel desk
clerk}, hotel clerk] |
hotel desk clerk
(wn) | hotel desk clerk
n 1: a hotel receptionist [syn: desk clerk, {hotel desk
clerk}, hotel clerk] |
james clerk maxwell
(wn) | James Clerk Maxwell
n 1: Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and
magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of
light (1831-1879) [syn: Maxwell, J. C. Maxwell, {James
Clerk Maxwell}] |
mail clerk
(wn) | mail clerk
n 1: a clerk in a post office [syn: postal clerk, {mail
clerk}] |
postal clerk
(wn) | postal clerk
n 1: a clerk in a post office [syn: postal clerk, {mail
clerk}] |
room clerk
(wn) | room clerk
n 1: a hotel clerk who is responsible for room assignments to
guests |
salesclerk
(wn) | salesclerk
n 1: a salesperson in a store [syn: salesclerk, shop clerk,
clerk, shop assistant] |
shipping clerk
(wn) | shipping clerk
n 1: an employee who ships and receives goods |
shop clerk
(wn) | shop clerk
n 1: a salesperson in a store [syn: salesclerk, shop clerk,
clerk, shop assistant] |
tally clerk
(wn) | tally clerk
n 1: one who keeps a tally of quantity or weight of goods
produced or shipped or received [syn: tallyman, {tally
clerk}] |
town clerk
(wn) | town clerk
n 1: the official who keeps a town's records |
CHIEF CLERK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STAT
(bouvier) | CHIEF CLERK OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. This officer is appointed by the
secretary of state; his duties are to attend to the business of the ofFice
under the superintendence of the secretary; and when the secretary shall be
removed from office, by the president, or in any other case of vacancy,
shall, during such vacancy, have the charge and custody of all records,
books and papers appertaining to such department,
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CLERK
(bouvier) | CLERK, commerce, contract. A person in the employ of a merchant, who attends
only to a part of his business, while the merchant himself superintends the
whole. He differs from a factor in this, that the latter wholly supplies the
place of his principal in respect to the property consigned to him. Pard.
Dr. Com. n. 38, 1 Chit. Pract. 80; 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 1287.
CLERK, officer. A person employed in an office, public or private, for
keeping records or accounts. His business is to write or register, in proper
form, the transactions of the tribunal or body to which he belongs. Some
clerks, however, have little or no writing to do in their offices, as, the
clerk of the market, whose duties are confined chiefly to superintending the
markets. In the English law, clerk also signifies a clergyman.
CLERK, eccl. law. Every individual, who is attached to the ecclesiastical
state, and who has submitted to the ceremony of the tonsure, is a clerk.
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