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