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clerk of the closet

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables
clerk of the -clos-et
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

an ecclesiastic privately attending upon a monarch, a royal confessor.

Obsolete

Usage

Inflected Forms

Clerks of the Closet (plural)

Questions

What does clerk of the closet mean?
an ecclesiastic privately attending upon a monarch, a royal confessor.

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