Clerk

A person employed to keep accounts, and the like; a person employed to keep records, as, the clerk of a court, who keeps minutes or records of the proceedings, and has the custody of the record and the seal; a person serving in the office of an attorney or a solicitor in order to qualify himself for practice, — where bound by articles, an articled clerk. In English ecclesiastical law. A priest or clergyman; a person in orders. V. Benefit of clergy; Clericus.