Regular Clergy
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Monks who lived according to the rules of their respective houses or societies, in contradistinction to the parochial clergy, who did their duties "in seculo," and hence were called secular clergy.
1 Bl. Comm. 387, note.