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His critics agree that a call from a church is rarely rescinded, but say that Merriam's unclerical behavior has forced the presby tery to take drastic action.

From Time Magazine Archive

His first thought was a selfish, unclerical one, and sudden consciousness sent the color to his forehead as he answered her, though he spoke quite calmly.

From That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

"Ah," said the unclerical priest, not in any degree taken by surprise, "Since our misfortunes, your Holiness, I never had the heart to shave."

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various

"So many thanks, Mrs. Arbuthnot, for a really memorable evening," said the Church, with a wave of a somewhat unclerical bowler.

From Mrs. Fitz by Snaith, J. C.

The high priest used language that would have been considered unclerical even among the Hulguns.

From Temple Trouble by Piper, H. Beam