Choir monk
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In Roman Catholicism the term "Choir Monk" is used to distinguish monks who may become priests from the lay brother
Lay brother
In the most common usage, lay brothers are those members of Catholic religious orders, particularly of monastic orders, occupied primarily with manual labour and with the secular affairs of a monastery or friary, in contrast to the choir monks of the same monastery who are devoted mainly to the...

s who are occupied mainly with secular affairs.
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