### Question
How is the term duly ordained minister of religion defined?


### Answer
The term **duly ordained minister of religion** is defined in *50 U.S.C. § 3814* as the following:

> a person 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, to preach and to teach the doctrines of such church, sect, or organization and to administer the rites and ceremonies thereof in public worship, and who as his regular and customary vocation preaches and teaches the principles of religion and administers the ordinances of public worship as embodied in the creed or principles of such church, sect, or organization

#### Citation:
  - *50 U.S.C. § 3814*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 49-MILITARY SELECTIVE SERVICE**

