Catholic lay brother
C37013
concept
A Catholic lay brother is a male member of a religious institute who professes vows and lives the community’s spiritual life while typically focusing on manual, administrative, or apostolic work rather than ordained priestly ministry.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dominican lay brother | 2 |
| Catholic lay brother canonical | 1 |
| Christian Brother | 1 |
| Religious brother | 1 |
| lay brethren | 1 |
| lay brother | 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: Catholic lay brother
Generated description
A Catholic lay brother is a male member of a religious institute who professes vows and lives the community’s spiritual life while typically focusing on manual, administrative, or apostolic work rather than ordained priestly ministry.
Instances (7)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| William Everson | — |
| Saint Martin de Porres | Dominican lay brother |
| Jean de Lalande | lay brother |
| Saint André Bessette | Religious brother |
| Saint John Macías | Dominican lay brother |
| The Brothers of St Cross | lay brethren |
| Saint Bénilde Romançon | Christian Brother |