Usually means: Opposition to religious institutional power.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word anticlerical:

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  1. anticlerical: Merriam-Webster
  2. anticlerical: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. anticlerical: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. anticlerical: Collins English Dictionary
  5. anticlerical: Wordnik
  6. anticlerical: Wiktionary
  7. anticlerical: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. anticlerical: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. anticlerical: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. anticlerical: Dictionary.com
  11. Anticlerical: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. anticlerical: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. anticlerical: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  14. anticlerical: Merriam-Webster

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▸ adjective:  Opposed to political influence of clerics.
▸ noun:  One who opposes the political influence of clerics.

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antitheocratic, antiaristocratic, antiaristocracy, anticorruption, anticoercive, antiliberal, antischolastic, antimonarchic, pro-secular, anticlassical, more...

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laic, secular, nonsectarian, freethinking, agnostic, atheist, more...

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Similar:
antitheocratic, antiaristocratic, antiaristocracy, anticorruption, anticoercive, antiliberal, antischolastic, antimonarchic, pro-secular, anticlassical, more...

Types:
laic, secular, nonsectarian, freethinking, agnostic, atheist, more...



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