secular clergy
Meanings
noun
- One of two branches of the clergy, composed of deacons and priests who are not monastics and do not belong to religious orders.
Word forms
Etymology
secular + clergy, learned borrowing from Latin clerici saeculares, clēricī + saeculārēs
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