regular tertiaries: meaning, definition, pronunciation and examples

No, not idiomatically. The phrase is not a standard collocation in that sense. You would say 'frequent tertiary events' or 'regular third-level meetings'.

In religious orders, a 'secular tertiary' lives in the world without communal life. A 'regular tertiary' lives in a community under the order's rule, often in a monastery or convent, but is not a fully professed monk or nun of the first order.

Very rarely. When used, it is typically in technical, hierarchical classifications (e.g., geology, ecology, color theory), but even there, the words usually appear separately as adjectives modifying a noun.

In ecclesiastical Latin, 'regularis' means 'of or according to a rule' (from 'regula,' rule). It specifically denotes those bound by a monastic rule, as opposed to 'secular' clergy. The common meaning of 'usual' is a later development.

In Catholic religious orders, members of a 'third order' who do not live in religious communities but follow a modified rule of life while living in secular society. Specifically, those who make promises or vows and are guided by an official religious order.

Regular tertiaries is usually formal, religious, academic in register.

Regular tertiaries: in British English it is pronounced /ˈrɛɡjʊlə ˈtɜː.ʃər.i.əz/, and in American English it is pronounced /ˈrɛɡjələr ˈtɝː.ʃi.ɛr.iz/. Tap the audio buttons above to hear it.