clerus

The diseases that chiefly attack prosperous hives are first of all the clerus-this consists in a growth of little worms on the floor, from which, as they develop, a kind of cobweb grows over the entire hive, and the combs decay; another diseased condition is indicated in a lassitude on the part of the bees and in malodorousness of the hive.

The History of Animals 2002

Now this body, in Scotland, must finally have been the _clerus_; but supposing the patronage to have settled nominally where the Veto Act had placed it, then it would have settled into the keeping of a fierce democracy.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 Various

Selden observes that at the coronation of Henry I. _clerus Angliæ et populus universus_ were summoned to Westminster, "when divers lawes were both made and declared [39]."

Coronation Anecdotes Giles Gossip

The same form is found, however, in cases where this physical agency is excluded, as, for example, within the Catholic clerus.

Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926

The word cleric (Lat., clericus from clerus) is derived from the

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

Hence the expression so frequently used in canonical texts: "uterque clerus", both secular and regular clergy.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

In Egbert's Penitential, a document of the ninth and tenth centuries, we read (V. 22): "Item Episcopus cum quadrupede fornicans VII annos, consuetudinem X, presbyter V, diaconus III, clerus II."

Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy Havelock Ellis 1899

Now this body, in Scotland, must finally have been the _clerus_; but supposing the patronage to have settled nominally where the Veto Act had placed it, then it would have settled into the keeping of a fierce democracy.

Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2 Thomas De Quincey 1822

David, etc., were it not that for his flexible obedience to the _clerus_ he has been pronounced the man after God's own heart.

The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1 Thomas De Quincey 1822

The first book treats of persons possessing jurisdiction (judex), the second of the civil legal processes (judicium), the third of clerics and regulars (clerus), the fourth of marriage (connubium), the fifth of delinquencies and of criminal procedure (crimen).

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913