secular clergy
One of two branches of the clergy, composed of deacons and priests who are not…One of two branches of the clergy, composed of deacons and priests who are not monastics and do not belong to religious orders.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)One of two branches of the clergy, composed of deacons and priests who are not monastics and do not belong to religious orders.
Origin
secular + clergy, learned borrowing from Latin clerici saeculares, clēricī + saeculārēssecular + clergy, learned borrowing from Latin clerici saeculares, clēricī + saeculārēs
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Antonyms
1 antonymsreligious clergy
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedmass priest
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable