Term
regular clergy
Tonsured clerics, such as monks and mendicants, who have professed vows and live according to a religious or monastic rule.
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Definition
The tonsured clerics who have professed vows in a religious or monastic order and therefore lived according to a rule (regula). This category includes all monks, mendicants, canons regular, and clerics regular.
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- Narrower than
- clergyTerm
- Contrasted with
- secular clergyTerm
Last revised August 14, 2026