In Catholic & Orthodox Churches, clergy can be priests, monks, bishops, etc. In most Protestant denominations, they are ministers.
A cenobite is a monk or nun who lives as a member of a religious community. Some cenobites are Catholic clergy. For instance, most Benedictine choir monks are ordained priests. But, no, most Catholic clergy are not cenobites.
Answer Some clergy e.g. monks are unpaid whilst others are paid. Clergy of Protestant denominations have salaries established by the church, diocese or individual parish. Catholic clergy receive much less than Protestant clergy as their lives are, in theory, meant to be simpler because there is no wife or children.
There were no medieval parsons. The clergy of the time were Catholic and dressed as priests or monks.
Believe they have priests & monks.
Taoists have priests & monks, and nuns.
Catholic priests. The "first estate" under the French pre-revolutionary Ancien Régime was the clergy.
Yes a skullcap, called a zucchetto in Roman Catholic tradition, is worn by Roman Catholic clergy in some cases. It arose during the time when a tonsure was worn by all clergy as a way to keep the head warm. As a rule, a purple zucchetto is worn by Arch/Bishops, red by Cardinals, and white by the Pope; brown or black zucchetto's are sometimes worn by Franciscan, Benedictine, and Trappist monks.
Monks that have taken vows.
These are members of the church with different duties
What kind of monks? Catholic monks can eat meat on most days; Buddhist monks can not.
Monks and nuns, although they have given their lives to God under solemn vows, and considered "religious" nevertheless are not clergy, they fall under laity. So if you are considering a pyramid of the clergy, they are not even on it.