Clerkly

Scholarly; literate; learned. Clerk's hip, n. State of being a member of the ministry of the Church. -Scholarship; literary qualifications; learning. -Office or busine of a clerk; as, a clerkship in the Treasury.-Function of a lay church-officer; as, a parish clerkship. Clermont. [Lat. clarus moms, airy mountain.] The name of many small French towns and villages. Clermont', in Indiana , a post-village of Marion co., 10 m. W.N.W. of Indianapolis. Clermont', in low a, a post-village and township of Fayette co., 28 m. W. of Prairie du Chien, and 36 S.S.W. of Lansing, on Turkey River. Clermont', in New York, a post-township of Columbia county, 10 m. S. by W. of Hudson, on the Hudson River. Clermont', in Ohio , a S. W. co.; area , 462 sq. m. It is bounded on the S.W. by the Ohio, on the W. by the Little Miami River, and drained by the E. fork of Little Miami. Surface , irregular; soil , fertile, and a rich agricultural co. Cap . Batavia. Population in 1890, 33,497. Clermont', in Tenne ee , a village of Warren co., about 60 m. S.E. of Nashville. Clermont-Ferrand, (anc. August one me tum ,) a city of France, cap. of dep. Puy-de-Dôme, on an affluent of the Allier, 82 m. W. of Lyons and 208 m. S. by W. of Paris. It is finely situated on an eminence, surrounded on the S. and W. by an amphitheatre of mountains, of which the Puy-de-Dôme is the culminating point, and overlooking on the N. and E. the picturesque and fertile plain of the Limagne. Manf . Lanen, woollen cloths, paper, . Anterior to the Roman conquest, this city was named Nemosus , and was the cap. of the Arverni. It is the birthplace of Gregory of Tours, Pascal, Delille, Desaix, . Pop . 37,690. Clermont l'Hérault, a town of France, dep. Hérault, 23 m. W.N.W. of Montpellier. It has extensive manufactures of woollen cloth. Pop . 6,050. Clermont Mills, in Maryland , a post-office of Hartford co. Clermont-Tonnerre, ANTOINE JULES DE, a French cardinal, в. 1749. He was an active member of the States-general; but is chiefly remembered as author of the interesting Journal of what occurred at the Temple during the Captivity of Louis XVI . D. 1830.