Login Preferences
About News Publications Statistics Downloads API Guide License How to use Preferences
bn:00406749n
Noun Concept
Categories: Lay brothers
EN
lay brother  conversi  lay-brother  lay-brothers  lay brothers
EN
Lay brother is a largely extinct term referring to religious brothers, particularly in the Catholic Church, who focused upon manual service and secular matters, and were distinguished from choir monks or friars in that they did not pray in choir, and from clerics, in that they were not in possession of holy orders. Wikipedia
Definitions
Examples
Relations
Sources
EN
Lay brother is a largely extinct term referring to religious brothers, particularly in the Catholic Church, who focused upon manual service and secular matters, and were distinguished from choir monks or friars in that they did not pray in choir, and from clerics, in that they were not in possession of holy orders. Wikipedia
A monk primarily focused on secular work rather than prayer and worship Wikipedia Disambiguation
A layman who is a member of a brotherhood without the intention to become a priest. Wiktionary
EN
In feudal days lay brothers were usually uneducated commoners, who did most menial, manual labor while the learned priestly monks held the more spiritual jobs. Wiktionary
IS A
friar
monk
Brother
PART OF
Catholic Church
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Wikipedia
EN
lay brother
Wikidata
EN
lay brother
Wiktionary
EN
lay brother
Wikipedia Redirections
EN
conversi, lay-brother, lay-brothers, Lay Brother, lay brothers, lay religious, lay sister, lay sisters, laybrother

Please note that, in order to improve your browsing experience on this website, BabelNet® uses various types of cookies, including: browsing functionality, performance and statistical cookies.

By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. OK

License