dependent mean dependent othewise not dependent
What does it mean to be dependent on the happiness of another?
The faithful who are not members of the clergy.
Never heard of a clergy of females. You probably mean females in the clergy. Recent history shows females making significant strides in becoming leaders within their denominations. Not all have allowed females to be 'full clergy.'
No, dependent means to rely on or be influenced by something else. It does not mean to replace.
dependent cell that can only grow with a substratum
Secular clergy included priests, who mostly inhabited the rectories of their churches, and bishops, who mostly lived in bishops' palaces. Regular clergy, which included nuns and monks of all sorts, mostly lived in monasteries, convents, and abbeys. Some monks lived alone in cottages, huts, or caves, and some were homeless and dependent on others to house them.
The Church wanted the ordinary people to rely on the clergy for their knowledge of the Bible. This not only meant that the Church could prevent the people from raising questions about the accuracy or authenticity of the Bible, it also meant that people felt dependent on the clergy.
It means that changes in the value of the independent affects the value of the dependent but not the other way around.
Monks that have taken vows.
I assume you mean clergy? A clergyman is an ordained religious person, such as a priest.
Yes. Consider the definition of the standard deviation. It is the square root of the variance from the mean. As a result, it can be said that the standard deviation is dependent on the mean.