noun
- declension: 4th declension
- gender: masculine
Definitions:
- lay state
- religious condition of things not consecrated/priestly/in orders
- Age: Latin not in use in Classical times (6-10th centuries) Christian
- Area: Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
- Geography: All or none
- Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
- Source: L.F. Stelten, “Dictionary of Eccles. Latin”, 1995 (Ecc)