Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)The character or qualities of a clerk; the quality of being clerkish; orderliness, attention to detail, diligence, and/or a focus on bureaucratic tasks or recordkeeping.

  2. (archaic, uncountable)Scholarship (character or qualities of a scholar)

Origin

From clerkly + -ness.

From clerkly + -ness.

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