monastic order
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1. a group of person living under a religious rule (noun.group)
| hyponym | : | augustinian order, |
| definition | : | any of several monastic orders observing a rule derived from the writings of St. Augustine (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | carthusian order, |
| definition | : | an austere contemplative Roman Catholic order founded by St. Bruno in 1084 (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | dominican order, |
| definition | : | a Roman Catholic order of mendicant preachers founded in the 13th century (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | franciscan order, |
| definition | : | a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in the 13th century (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | jesuit order, society of jesus, |
| definition | : | a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the heathen; it is strongly committed to education and scholarship (noun.group) |
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