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Meanings of regular clergy in English

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Usage of regular clergy in English
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He exercised immediate control over the regular clergy-themonks and nuns.
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.
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The book contains a very interesting appendix of pro-and-anti diocesan and regular clergy.
The Irish Times
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So, the regular clergy in their triumph were soon as merry as the King.
A Child's History of England
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The regular clergy were exempt from episcopal visitation, except under especial directions from Rome.
Essays in Literature and History
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The regular clergy throughout the country were on the Pope's side, secretly or openly.
Essays in Literature and History
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The regular clergy, or monks, during the early Middle Ages belonged to the Benedictine order.
Early European History
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Voltaire's hatred was especially warm against the regular clergy.
The Eve of the French Revolution
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The regular clergy could not have done it.
The Hermits
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The chief work of the regular clergy is to teach in colleges and give missions and retreats.
A Catechism of Christian Doctrine
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All the English Catholic schools are in the hands of the regular clergy, which is a mistake.
The Altar Steps
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This might be sufficient to lull any further zeal the Catholic regular clergy might find for the matter.
Inferences from Haunted Houses and Haunted Men
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His attempts at innovation among the regular clergy of his own order were encountered with more serious opposition.
The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic ...
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Many of the regular clergy went over, and many towns; but the princes and the common people were uncertain.
Lectures on Modern history
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The extraordinary feature of the case is that, counting both secular and regular clergy, there are only 4600 ecclesiastics in the country.
Anahuac : or, Mexico and the Mexicans, Ancient and Modern
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In seven years from the treaty, there remained but 400 secular and 800 regular clergy in the country.
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the E...
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But he, at the same time, would uniformly oppose the tolerating any more regular clergy than what were at present in the kingdom.
Irish Wit and Humor / Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Lea...
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