Religious order

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Religious orders is a lineage of communities and organizations of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with their specific religious devotion, usually characterized by the principles of its founder's religious practice. The order is composed of initiates (laity) and ordinated clergies. Religious orders exist in many of the world's religions.