Adjective : a clerical job. ,a clerical assistant; a clerical staff. ,clerical garb. ,a clerical party.    From Dictionary.com. 

The clerical population has risen from around 25,000 to more than 45,000, and the nonclerical population has more than tripled, to about 700,000.    From Wordnik.com.  [Who Rules Iran?] Reference

This “logic” makes no sense UNLESS one grasps that this is the Muslim ummah speaking – ie, one individual speaking out for all nonclerical Faithful.    From Wordnik.com.  [You expected maybe the Donald Rumsfeld fan club? « BuzzMachine] Reference

Like him, these ideologues were nonclerical veterans of the 1980s Iran-Iraq War and were often far more politically and theologically uncompromising than many clerics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Let the Swords Encircle Me] Reference

Khomeini, many people believe, may have abhorred electoral democracy; but he was forced to compromise with nonclerical Islamists who had been influenced by modern democratic notions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Who Rules Iran?] Reference

Two prominent antagonists were Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, representing hard-line clerical authority, and sociologist and activist Ali Shariati, representing, according to John Esposito, "a more nonclerical, innovative, creative reformist approach.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Elizabeth Shakman Hurd: Iran: One Revolution at a Time] Reference

When precedence does not concern individuals, the order is: secular clergy, religious clergy, religious of nonclerical rank, and the laity -- men before women.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

Many of the Islamic Republic's current leadership-at least the nonclerical portion-spent their formative years at the front serving with the Revolutionary Guards.    From Wordnik.com.  [Writings from the Middle East Forum and Middle East Quarterly.] Reference

Id. A person employed by a lobbyist (or a person employed by the lobbyist's employer who works under the lobbyist's direction) to assist the lobbyist in nonclerical lobby activities must be listed as an assistant on the lobbyist's registration.    From Wordnik.com.  [TravelPod.com Recent Updates] Reference

Dale Lagace, Shanley’s quiet, nondescript, nonclerical roommate since 1972, was usually a member of the party.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unholy Communion] Reference