religious communities
Worship-based collectives together
Religious communities are groups united by shared spiritual beliefs, practices, and often collective living arrangements.
The term covers monasteries, convents, and intentional communities organized around faith, but also broader congregations like churches, mosques, or synagogues whose members share worship without living together.
She joined a religious community after college.
The religious communities in our neighborhood coordinate charity efforts.
- sectBreakaway religious faction
- ashramHindu spiritual retreat
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- dioceseBishop's territorial jurisdiction
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
denomination · parish · monastery · laity · reformation · sangha · diaspora · monk · nun · holy orders · vow of silence · faith · abbey · monastic order · cloistered life · missionary · kibbutz · prayer
- Catholic OrdersFranciscans, Dominicans, Jesuits, Benedictines, Carmelites
- Church Bodiesarchdiocese, diocese, dioceses, bishopric, parishes
- monasticismabbeys, abbey, abbots, abbot, cloister
- equal rightsequal treatment, equal protection, equal pay, equal opportunity, discrimination law
- Irish monasticismIrish monks, monastic life, monastic ruins, round towers, scriptoriums
- Latino DiasporaLatinos, Latino identity, Mexicans, Colombians, Brazilians
religious communitiescivic groups
Local public-interest associations
professional associations · trade unions · political parties · social clubs · sports leagues
religious communitieshermits
People choosing isolation
spiritual but not religious · personal faith · private devotion
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