nonclerical
Example Sentences
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The pope decreed that all investigations of accused bishops be supervised by a leading local bishop, not a national body or independent nonclerical commission.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 13, 2019
In his role as the papal butler, Gabriele was one of a tiny group of nonclerical staff that serves the pope on a daily basis.
From Newsweek ● May 28, 2012
These nonclerical workers account for about a third of the hundreds of temporary spots Georgetown fills each year.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet nonclerical experience often gives these men a rapport with their congregations that ministers straight out of college cannot have.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her nonclerical family might be of low station, just as the pope's father had been a shoemaker, but Sophia was the niece of a cardinal, a prince of the Church.
From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Shea, Robert
