The lower clergy had a similar sentiment about the higher echelons of the religious hierarchy.

As a rule, however, only the lower clergy wore these subsidiary forms of surplice.

The lower clergy and bishops resisted Richard's attempt to impose the 1198 carucage on their estates.

The rubrics do not prescribe saying the prayer for the sticharion when these lower clergy vest.

The household of the skilled potter became in income terms the equal of that of the lower clergy.

The qestroma contains seats for the choir and lower clergy.

Most of António's partisans were drawn instead from the lower clergy, the peasantry, and artisans.

On the other hand, the potential impact of these steps was partly lost when some of the lower clergy supported the insurgent movement.

It was intended as a handbook for the lower and less educated clergy.

But it proved that in most cases the lower clergy had obtained the popular majorities.