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Meaning of clerk-ale | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A feast for the benefit of the parish clerk.

UK, obsolete

Examples

“That ALE is festival, appears from its sense⟳ in composition; as, amongst others, in the words Lecet-ale, Lamb-ale, Whitson-ale, Clerk-ale, and Church-ale”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

clerkage clerkdom clerke Clerked Clerkenwell clerkery

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