religious orders
Franciscans and Benedictines
Religious orders are communities of people—typically monks, nuns, friars, or priests—bound by vows and living according to a shared rule of life.
Members typically take vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
The Benedictines, Franciscans, Dominicans, and Jesuits are well-known Catholic orders.
Other Christian traditions and some non-Christian religions have similar communities.
She joined a religious order at twenty-two.
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