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secular clergy

noun

Etymology

secular + clergy, learned borrowing from Latin clerici saeculares, clēricī + saeculārēs

  1. derived from κληρικός
  2. derived from clēricus
  3. derived from clēricātus
  4. derived from clergie
  5. inherited from clergie
  6. compounded as secular clergy — “secular + clergy”

Definitions

  1. One of two branches of the clergy, composed of deacons and priests who are not monastics…

    One of two branches of the clergy, composed of deacons and priests who are not monastics and do not belong to religious orders.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for secular clergy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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