anticlerical adjective 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •Opposed to political influence of clerics. noun1 •One who opposes the political influence of clerics.'I think I am an anti-clerical,' Father Brown would say with a faint smile; 'but there wouldn't be half so much clericalism if they would only leave things to the clerics.' — 1926 formsanticlericals · more anticlerical · most anticlerical