At his death obit in 705 in the annals it is mentioned that he entered the clerical life.

The following year Domnall, it is reported, "went off into clerical life".

As they grew older, however, they showed no desire for the clerical life.

Nothing is recorded of Cummascach's reign other than his death in clerical life in 797.

John of Avila is also remembered as a reformer of clerical life in Spain.

In 1899 he completed his matriculation education before which he received minor orders (of clerical life) on 20 September 1898.

At the start of the second millennium, there was a revival in interest in the stricter form of clerical life.

Elvey spent most of his clerical life in the diocese of Chichester.

It is true that his practical experience of his clerical life was very slender.

He several times refused to become a magistrate because he considered the duties incompatible with his clerical life.