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MONASTIC ORDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of person living under a religious rule
Example:
the order of Saint Benedict
Synonyms:
monastic order; order
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("monastic order" is a kind of...):
religious order; religious sect; sect (a subdivision of a larger religious group)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monastic order"):
Augustinian order (any of several monastic orders observing a rule derived from the writings of St. Augustine)
Benedictine order; order of Saint Benedict (a Roman Catholic monastic order founded in the 6th century; noted for liturgical worship and for scholarly activities)
Carmelite order; Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century)
Carthusian order (an austere contemplative Roman Catholic order founded by St. Bruno in 1084)
Dominican order (a Roman Catholic order of mendicant preachers founded in the 13th century)
Franciscan order (a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in the 13th century)
Jesuit order; Society of Jesus (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)
