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• Regular clergy — Clergy Cler gy, n. [OE. clergie, clergi, clerge, OF. clergie, F. clergie (fr. clerc clerc, fr. L. clericus priest) confused with OF. clergi[ e], F. clerg[ e], fr. LL. clericatus office of priest, monastic life, fr. L. clericus priest, LL. scholar …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Regular clergy — Regular clergy, or just regulars, is applied in the Roman Catholic Church to clerics who follow a rule (Latin regula ) in their life. Strictly, it means those members of religious orders who have made solemn profession. It contrasts with secular… …   Wikipedia

• Regular Clergy — ♦ Monks, canons, friars and other clergy who lived in communities under a rule; word derived from the Latin word regula, rule ; often contrasted with the secular clergy, the bishops and priests who worked in the world. (Lynch, Joseph H. The… …   Medieval glossary

• regular clergy — Members of the clergy who belonged to some monastery or religious house, as distinguished from members of the secular clergy who did not …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• Regular clergy — Monks and nuns whose lives were subject to a rule, e.g. the Benedictines, Carthusians, Cistercians, Premonstratensians. The Latin regula = a rule …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

• The Religion of Russia —     The Religion of Russia     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Religion of Russia     A. The Origin of Russian Christianity     There are two theories in regard to the early Christianity of Russia; according to one of them, Russia was Catholic from …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Assemblies of the French Clergy — • Meetings of the Clergy of France for the purpose of apportioning the financial burdens laid upon the Church by the kings of France, and incidentally for other ecclesiastical purposes Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Assemblies of the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• The Military Orders —     The Military Orders     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Military Orders     Including under this term every kind of brotherhood of knights, secular as well as religious, historians of the military orders have enumerated as many as a hundred,… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• The Pious Society of Missions —     The Pious Society of Missions     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Pious Society of Missions     Founded by Ven. Vincent Mary Pallotti in 1835. The members of the society are generally called Pallottini Fathers. Its object is to preserve the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• regular — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English reguler, from Anglo French, from Late Latin regularis regular, from Latin, of a bar, from regula rule more at rule Date: 14th century 1. belonging to a religious order 2. a. formed, built, arranged, or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• regular — adj. & n. adj. 1 conforming to a rule or principle; systematic. 2 (of a structure or arrangement) harmonious, symmetrical (regular features). 3 acting or done or recurring uniformly or calculably in time or manner; habitual, constant, orderly. 4… …   Useful english dictionary