lay cleric

C31886
concept

A lay cleric is a devout non-ordained individual who performs certain religious or quasi-clerical duties within a faith community while remaining part of the laity.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
lay preacher 2
lay cleric canonical 1
lay ecclesiastical office 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: lay cleric
Generated description
A lay cleric is a devout non-ordained individual who performs certain religious or quasi-clerical duties within a faith community while remaining part of the laity.

Instances (5)

Instance Via concept surface
ruling elders in the Presbyterian Church (USA) lay ecclesiastical office
Debtera lay religious practitioner
dabtara
Pedro Ruiz de Alcaraz lay preacher
Paavo Ruotsalainen lay preacher