The rank, position, or status of being a clerk.
From 'clerk' plus the suffix '-hood' (meaning state or condition, as in childhood, knighthood, or neighborhood).
The suffix '-hood' connects clerkhood to deeper ideas about identity and belonging—it suggests that being a clerk wasn't just a job but a social station and community membership in pre-modern and traditional societies.
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