| A | B |
|---|
| public profession of the vows of Poverty, Chastity, Obedience | Evangelical Councils |
| all the members of the church except for those who have been ordained | Laity |
| associations of laypeople connected to a particular religious order in the church | Third Orders |
| a state of life recognized by the church in which a person publicly professes vows of poverty, chastity, obedience | Consecrated life |
| a person who lives a solitary life in order to commit himself or herself more fully to prayer | Hermit |
| Someone who withdraws from ordinary life, and lives alone or in community, in order to devote oneself in prayer and work in total dedication to God | Monk |
| relating to worldly concerns | Secular |
| the state or condition of those who have chosen or taken vows to remain unmarried in order to devote themselves entirely to the service of the church and the kingdom of God | Celibacy |
