religious order

English

Noun

religious order (plural religious orders)

1. (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.

Translations

organized community of people following a specific religious devotion

• Czech: náboženský řád m
• Dutch: religieuze orde f
• Finnish: sääntökunta (fi)
• French: ordre religieux (fr) m
• German: Ordensgemeinschaft (de) f, geistlicher Orden m
• Hungarian: szerzetesrend (hu)
• Italian: ordine religioso m
• Polish: zakon (pl) m

See also

• take vows