religious order
Noun
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Noun
religious order (plural religious orders)
- (religion) An organized community of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with their specific religious devotion, usually characterized by the principles of the founder's religious practice.
- French: ordre religieux
- German: Ordensgemeinschaft, geistlicher Orden
- Italian: ordine religioso
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