anti•cler•ic•alBrE /ˌæntiˈklerɪkl/NAmE /ˌæntiˈklerɪkl/adjectiveopposed to priests and their influence in political lifeanticlerical movements in the seventeenth centurythe anticlerical policies of the previous government anti•cler•ic•al•ism /BrE ˌæntiˈklerɪklɪzəm; NAmE ˌæntiˈklerɪklɪzəm/ noun [uncountable]