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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