Clergy
101Robert V. Taylor (clergy) — The Very Reverend Robert V. Taylor (born ca. 1959 in Cape Town, South Africa) is a priest in the Episcopal Church USA and an activist for social justice. He was installed in 1999 as dean of St. Mark s Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle, making him… …
102Regular 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… …
103benefit of clergy — 1. the rites or sanctions of a church. 2. formal marriage: living together without benefit of clergy. 3. the privilege claimed by church authorities to try and punish, by an ecclesiastical court, any member of the clergy accused of a serious… …
104Festival of the Sons of the Clergy — Das Festival of the Sons of the Clergy (Fest der Söhne des Klerus) ist eine jährlich in London stattfindende Wohltätigkeitsveranstaltung. Sie besteht aus einem Festgottesdienst in Saint Paul’s Cathedral und einem Galadiner, deren Kollekte und… …
105Benefit of clergy — One of the issues at the centre of the dispute between Henry II and the archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket. The benefit released *clergy, criminous clerks , from the power of secular courts regarding various charges of felony and other… …
106Regular 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… …
107secular clergy — In ecclesiastical law, the parochial clergy, who perform their ministry in seculo (in the world), and who are thus distinguished from the monastic or regular clergy …
108regular clergy — Members of the clergy who belonged to some monastery or religious house, as distinguished from members of the secular clergy who did not …
109secular clergy — Those members of the clergy who did not belong to any monastery or religious house, as distinguished from the regular clergy who did …
110benefit of clergy — ► benefit of clergy 1) historical exemption of the English clergy and nuns from the jurisdiction of the ordinary civil courts. 2) ecclesiastical sanction or approval. Main Entry: ↑benefit …
