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Use for discussions of members of the Uniate or Roman Catholic clergy or monastic orders. (en-US)
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In Uniate churches or Roman Catholicism, clergy is the group or body of ordained persons, such as priests, bishops, cardinals, and popes, as distinguished from the laity. Monastics are those, such as nuns, monks, abbots, and abbesses, who separate themselves from secular society, intent on the practice of religious works and the full-time pursuit of religious life. (en-US)