religious order

Noun

Meaning

a subdivision of a larger religious group

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The reason why I entered into a religious order is this: first, the great misery of the world, the wickedness of men, the rapes, the adulteries, the thefts, the pride, the idolatry, the vile curses, for the world has come to such a state that one can no longer find anyone who does good. Girolamo Savonarola

My mother taught me a lot of things, but they had big presuppositions built in - like her expectation that I'd be a missionary nurse in a religious order. Faye Wattleton

A feast day will be designated, but its observance is normally restricted to the Blessed's home diocese, to certain locations associated with him or her, and/or to the churches or houses of the blessed's religious order, if they belonged to one. Source: Internet

An abbey may be the home of an enclosed religious order or may be open to visitors. Source: Internet

Although both appear happy on the surface, they reveal their despair: Paquette has led a miserable existence as a sexual object, and the monk detests the religious order in which he was indoctrinated. Source: Internet

Alberto later joined a new religious order, the Premonstratensian or Norbertine order, probably between the ages of 20-30. Source: Internet

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