(b) The definitions of this paragraph shall apply in the interpretation of the provisions of this part:
(1) The term duly ordained minister of religion means a person:
- (i) Who has been ordained in accordance with the ceremonial ritual or discipline of a church, religious sect, or organization established on the basis of a community of faith and belief, doctrines and practices of a religious character; and
- (ii) Who preaches and teaches the doctrines of such church, sect, or organization; and
- (iii) Who administers the rites and ceremonies thereof in public worship; and
- (iv) Who, as his regular and customary vocation, preaches and teaches the principles of religion; and
- (v) Who administers the ordinances of public worship as embodied in the creed or principles of such church, sect, or organization.
- (2) The term regular minister of religion means one who as his customary vocation preaches and teaches the principles of religion of a church, a religious sect, or organization of which he is a member, without having been formally ordained as a minister of religion, and who is recognized by such church, sect, or organization as a regular minister.
(3) The term regular or duly ordained minister of religion does not include:
- (i) A person who irregularly or incidentally preaches and teaches the principles of religion of a church, religious sect, or organization; or
- (ii) Any person who has been duly ordained a minister in accordance with the ceremonial rite or discipline of a church, religious sect or organization, but who does not regularly, as a bona fide vocation, teach and preach the principles of religion and administer the ordinances of public worship, as embodied in the creed or principles of his church, sect, or organization.
- (4) The term vocation denotes one's regular calling or full-time profession.