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[432] One will bear in mind that much mediaeval phraseology goes back to the Fathers. For example, in monkish vilification of woman there is no phrase more common than _janua diaboli_, and it was Tertullian’s, who died in the first part of the third century.

[433] For the different meanings of the term _clericus_ see Du Cange, _Glossarium_, under that word.

[434] For the meanings of this term also see Du Cange, _Glossarium_, under that word.

[435] Regular clergy are the monks, who live under a _regula_.

[436] _Dialogus miraculorum_, ed. J. Strange, iv. i. (Cologne, 1851). Of course Caesar was a monk.

[437] _Ante_,