noun
definition
One who opposes the political influence of clerics.
adjective
definition
Opposed to political influence of clerics.
Examples of anticlerical in a Sentence
The course of events harmonized with the anticlerical views of Talleyrand, and he gradually loosened the ties that bound him to the church.
But it was unquestionably from Marcionite impulses that the new sects of the Paulicians and Bogomils arose; and in so far as the western Cathari, and the antinomian and anticlerical sects ' Marcion was the earliest critical student of the New Testament canon and text.
Nor did Henry want a French princess; his affections were fixed for the time on Anne Boleyn, and she was the hope of the anticlerical party.
The French government, anticlerical as it is at home, is the watchful and strenuous protector of the missions abroad; and it is evident that not a little political influence in foreign countries is gained thereby.
General Plaza continued the anticlerical policy of his predecessor.