Dictionary

secular clergy en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Antonyms

religious clergy

Relateds

diocesan priest · secular priest · mass priest

Translations (3)

vi tăng lữ thế tục (deacons and priests other than monastics) · vi giáo sĩ triều (deacons and priests other than monastics) · vi dòng triều (deacons and priests other than monastics)