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- Latin · learned borrowing fromclerici saeculares
- English todaysecular clergy
secular + clergy, learned borrowing from Latin clerici saeculares, clēricī + saeculārēs
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secular clergy
Today it means: One of two branches of the clergy, composed of deacons and priests who are not monastics and do not belong to religious orders. Full definition →
Latin clerici saeculares