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Meanings of clerk regular in English

Russian
регулярные клирики
Portuguese
clérigos regulares
Catalan
orde de clergues regulars
Spanish
religioso
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Catholic priests, deacons and bishops, member of a religious order.

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        регулярные клирики
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        Examples for "friar"
        Examples for "friar"
        1
        The friar said they were heading north for the territory above Swords.
        The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
        2
        The friar bowed, and smiling in a forced manner, left the house.
        Cæsar or Nothing
        3
        Well, I hope they have fed you in the kitchen, friend friar.
        Tuck
        4
        The friar had kept us in sight, and soon again joined us.
        The Golden Grasshopper: A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresha...
        5
        The friar granted the ruins, but threw cold water on the rest.
        The Cloister and the Hearth
        1
        The Society of Jesus is one of the orders of clerks regular.
        A Short History of Monks and Monasteries
        1
        One Sunday our regular clergyman at the Refuge was not able to officiate.
        The New Magdalen
        2
        This looks much as if a regular clergyman, a scholar, too, had, after the Restoration, become curate of the parish.
        Old Times at Otterbourne
        3
        You two can, of course, do a lot of things that it wouldn't be good form for a regular clergyman to do.
        The Puritans
        Usage of clerk regular in English
        1
        The Society of Jesus is one of the orders of clerks regular.
        A Short History of Monks and Monasteries
        2
        Father Ramon Ruiz-Sanchez, late of Peru, and always Clerk Regular of the Society of Jesus, professed father of the four vows, continued to read.
        A Case of Conscience