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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