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Meanings of secular clergy in English

Russian
белое духовенство
Portuguese
clero secular
Spanish
clero diocesano
Catalan
clero secular

Deacons and priests who are not members of religious orders.

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          белое духовенство
          Usage of secular clergy in English
          1
          All the funds provided for the secular clergy passed through his hands.
          The Fighting Governor : A Chronicle of Frontenac
          2
          Yet the monks were not worse than the secular clergy, high and low.
          Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 1: The Middle Ages
          3
          There isn't a single decent school run by the secular clergy.
          The Altar Steps
          4
          Regular and secular clergy were alike spurred on in their work by jealous rivalry.
          Henry the Second
          5
          The ignorance of the secular clergy was notorious and scandalous.
          Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 1: The Middle Ages
          6
          He could count on the obedience of the secular clergy.
          Henry the Second
          7
          The secular clergy were for the most part against them.
          The Golden Dog
          8
          He did not favor the secular clergy, and they, of course, disliked him accordingly.
          Comic History of England
          9
          The different colleges contended among themselves, the secular clergy were at variance with the regular.
          Erasmus and the Age of Reformation
          10
          It was among the secular clergy, the parish priests, that these evils were most rife.
          The Church and the Empire / Being an Outline of the History of t...
          11
          The best of the secular clergy were those who came from Douay, Bordeaux, Lisbon, and Salamanca.
          History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the Frenc...
          12
          As has been said, the old establishment had given place to a company of secular clergy.
          Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely / A History and D...
          13
          After all, the great strength of the Catholic Church in England will always be the secular clergy.
          The Altar Steps
          14
          Nothing had done more to aid the Reformation than the decline and insufficiency of the secular clergy.
          Lectures on Modern history
          15
          But I think it would be for the good of Ireland if the secular clergy were married.
          The Untilled Field
          16
          Attempts to substitute Cluniac monks for canons roused the opposition of the whole body of secular clergy.
          The Church and the Empire / Being an Outline of the History of t...
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