order; monastic order




a group of person living under a religious rule

"the order of Saint Benedict"

Type of:
  • sect; religious sect; religious order

Types:
  • Augustinian order
  • Benedictine order; order of Saint Benedict
  • Carmelite order; Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
  • Carthusian order
  • Dominican order
  • Franciscan order
  • Society of Jesus; Jesuit order


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