The term secular clergy refers to deacons and priests who are not monastics or members of a religious order.In the Roman Catholic Church, the secular clergy are ministers, such as deacons and priests, who do not belong to a religious order. While regular clergy take vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience and place themselves under a monastic rule (regulum), secular clergy do not take vows, and they live in the world (saeculum). They are still bound to Canon law, which for Latin Rite priests means that they are bound to obligations of celibacy and obedience. Like regular clergy, secular clergy are also bound to the recitation of the Divine Office.