中文翻译与英英解释 | (在修道院内干勤杂工的)俗人修士。
| | | lay: lay1 lie1的过去式。 | | brother: n. (pl. brothers, 〔古语〕 breth ... | |
In the past, the term lay brother was used within some Catholic religious institutes, to distinguish members who were not ordained from those members who were clerics (priests and seminarians.) This term is now considered controversial by some because of the history of inequality between Brothers and clerics. |
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