CLERK 1 (from A.S. cleric or clerc, which, with the similar Fr. See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, comes See also:

• DIRECT

direct from the See also:

• LAT

Lat. clericus)  , in its See also:

• ORIGINAL

original sense, as used in the See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, one who had taken religious orders of whatever See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank, whether " See also:

• HOLY

holy " or " See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor." The word clericus is derived from the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek KA71ALKbs, " of or pertaining to an See also:

• INHERITANCE

inheritance," from KXTjpos, "See also:

• LOT
• LOT (Lat. Oltis)

lot," "See also:

• ALLOTMENT (from O. Fr. a and toter, to divide by lot)

allotment," "See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate," " inheritance "; but the authorities are by no means agreed in which sense the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root is connected with the sense of the derivative, some conceiving that the original See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea was that the See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy received the service of See also:

• GOD

God as their lot or portion; others that they were the portion of the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord; while others again, with more See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason as See also:

• BINGHAM, JOSEPH (1668-1723)

Bingham (Orig . Eccl. See also:

• LIB

lib. i. cap: 5, sec . 9) seems to think, maintain that the word has reference to the choosing by lot, as in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early ages was the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of those to whom public offices were to be entrusted . In the See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive times of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church the See also:

• TERM

term See also:

• CANON

canon was used as synonymous with clerk, from the names of all the persons in the service of any church having been inscribed on a See also:

• ROLL (O. Fr. rolle, roulle, mod. role, Lat. rotulus, dim. of rota, wheel)
• ROLL, ALFRED PHILIPPE (1846– )

roll, or Kavwv, whence they were termed canonici, a fact which shows that the practice of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic Church of including all persons of all ranks in the service of the church, ordained or unordained, in the term clerks, or clergy, is at least in conformity with the practice of antiquity . Thus, too, in See also:

• ENGLISH

English ecclesiastical law, a clerk was any one who had been admitted to the ecclesiastical See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, and had taken the See also:

• TONSURE (Lat. tonsura, from tondere, to shave)

tonsure . The application of the word in this sense gradually underwent a See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change, and " clerk " became more especially the term applied to those in minor orders, while those in " See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major " or " holy " orders were designated in full " clerks in holy orders," which in English law still remains the designation of clergymen of the Established Church . After the See also:

• REFORMATION
• REFORMATION, THE

Reformation the word " clerk " 1 See also:

• POLYTECHNIC (Gr. aroWus, many, and rEXvn, an art)

Polytechnic See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute, See also:

• NORTHAMPTON
• NORTHAMPTON, ASSIZE OF
• NORTHAMPTON, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF

Northampton Square, a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

City Polytechnic, has a See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department devoted to instruction in these trades . CLERMONT-EN-BEAUVAISIS, or CLERMONT-DE-L'See also:

• OISE

OISE, a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of an See also:

• ARRONDISSEMENT (from arrondir, to make round)

arrondissement in the department of Oise, on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the Breche, 41 In . N. of See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris on the Northern railway to See also:

• AMIENS

Amiens . Pop . (1906) 4014 . The See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill on which the town is built is surmounted by a keep of the 14th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, the relic of a fortress the site of which is partly occupied by a large See also:

• PENITENTIARY (med. Lat. poenitentiarius, from poenitentia, penance, poena, punishment, a term used both as adjective and substantive, referring either to the means of repentance or that of punishment. In its ecclesiastical use the word is used as the equi

penitentiary for See also:

• WOMEN

women .

The church See also:

• DATES

dates from the 14th to the 16th centuries . The hotel-de-ville, built by See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles IV., who was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Clermont in 1294,1S the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of France . The most attractive feature of the town is the See also:

• PROMENADE

Promenade du Chatellier on the site of the old ramparts . Clermont is the seat of a sub-See also:

• PREFECT (prefet)

prefect and has a tribunal of first instance, a communal See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college and a large lunatic See also:

• ASYLUM (from Gr. b.-, privative, arid earl, right'of seizure)
• ASYLUM, RIGHT OF (Fr. droit d'asile; Ger. Asylrecht)

asylum . It manufactures See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt and corsets, and carries on a See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in horses, See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle and See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain . The town was probably founded during the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman invasions, and was an important military See also:

• POST

post during the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages . It was several times taken and retaken by the contending parties during the See also:

• HUNDRED

Hundred Years' See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, and the See also:

• WARS

Wars of See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

Religion, and in 1615 See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry II., See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• CONDE
• CONDE, LOUIS DE BOURBON, PRINCE
• CONDE, LOUIS II
• CONDE, PRINCES OF

Conde, was besieged and captured there by the See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal d'Ancre .