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clerkship

noun

Etymology

From clerk + -ship.

  1. derived from κληρικός — “of the clergy”
  2. derived from clēricus
  3. inherited from clerc
  4. inherited from clerc
  5. suffixed as clerkship — “clerk + ship”

Definitions

  1. The state or business of a clerk.

  2. A temporary job of assisting a judge in writing legal opinions, generally available to a…

    A temporary job of assisting a judge in writing legal opinions, generally available to a beginning attorney for one to two years.

  3. Clinical training for physicians during the second half of medical school.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA