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  • 81Clerk (Quaker) — Within the Religious Society of Friends, a clerk is someone responsible for various administrative functions within a meeting for worship for church affairs or meeting for worship for business. The clerk is responsible for recording the… …

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  • 82Clerk Baronets — There has been one creation of baronets with the surname Clerk (as distinct from Clark and Clarke and Clerke). It was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia by Letters Patent dated 24 March 1679, for John Clerk of Pennycuik (or Penicuik), whose …

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  • 83Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States — This article is about the position Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States. For the individual justices law clerks, see List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States. United States This article is part of the series on t …

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  • 84Clerk of works — Clerks of Works are the most highly qualified non commissioned tradesmen in the Royal Engineers. The qualification can be held in three specialisations: Electrical, Mechanical and Construction. The clerk of works (or clerk of the works), often… …

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  • 85Clerk of the Closet — The College of Chaplains of the Ecclesiastical Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom is under the Clerk of the Closet, an office dating from 1437. It is normally held by a diocesan bishop, who may however remain in office after leaving …

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  • 86Clerk of the Crown in Chancery — In the Government of the United Kingdom, the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery is a senior civil servant who is the head of the Crown Office. The Crown Office, a section of the Ministry of Justice, has custody of the Great Seal of the Realm, and has …

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  • 87Clerk’s Tale, The —    by Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1390)    CHAUCER’s Clerk of Oxford, a theology student, tells one of the most controversial and disturbing of the CANTERBURY TALES. Told partly in response to the WIFE OF BATH’s assertion that it is impossible for a… …

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  • 88Clerk of Assize — A Clerk of Assize was a clerk of the Assize Courts of England and Wales, a position which existed from at least 1285 to 1971, when the Courts Act 1971 eliminated the Assize Courts. Originally the judges private clerks tasked with enrolling pleas …

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  • 89Clerk of the Weather — The Clerk of the Weather or the Weather Clerk is an imaginary functionary facetiously supposed to direct the weather. [1] The Clerk of the Weather appears in children s stories by Rose Fyleman (Eight Little Plays for Children: The Weather Clerk ) …

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  • 90Clerk of the Privy Council (Canada) — Canada This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Canada   …

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