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  • 71Dominican Order — For the Caribbean nation, see Dominican people. Order of Preachers Ordo Praedicatorum Abbreviation OP, Dominicans, Blackfriars Motto …

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  • 72Religious order — A religious order is a lineage of communities and organizations of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with their specific religious devotion, usually characterized by the principles of its founder s religious… …

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  • 73Friends of the Western Buddhist Order — The Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (FWBO) is an association of Buddhists, and others who follow its path of mindfulness, under the leadership of the Western Buddhist Order. It was founded in the UK in 1967, and describes itself as an… …

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  • 74The Carthusian Order —     The Carthusian Order     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Carthusian Order     The name is derived from the French chartreuse through the Latin cartusia, of which the English charterhouse is a corruption. For the foundation of the order see the… …

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  • 75Third order — The term Third Order designates persons who live according to the Third Rule of Catholic religious orders, either outside of a monastery in the world, or in a religious community.Their members, in general lay members of religious orders, i.e. men …

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  • 76Sovereign Military Order of Malta — Not to be confused with the Republic of Malta or the Armed Forces of Malta. This article is about the sovereign international order. For other organisations styled (or derived from) the Order of Malta , see Knights of Malta (disambiguation).… …

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  • 77Third Order of Saint Dominic — The Third Order of St. Dominic (known as Lay Fraternities of St Dominic or Lay Dominicans since 1972) is a Roman Catholic third order affiliated with the Dominican Order. Contents 1 Origin 2 Spirit 3 Reformation 4 …

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  • 78Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites — The Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites (OCDS), officially Ordo Carmelitarum Discalceatorum Saecularis, and formerly known as the Third Secular Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel and of the Holy Mother Saint Teresa of Jesus, is an …

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  • 79The Monastic School of Aran —     The Monastic School of Aran     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Monastic School of Aran     The three islands of Aran stretch across the mouth of Galway Bay, forming a kind of natural breakwater against the Atlantic Ocean. The largest of the… …

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  • 80Minim (religious order) — Francis of Paola (1416 1507), founder of the Order of the Minims. The Minims (also called the Minimi or Order of Minims, abbreviated O.M.) are members of a Roman Catholic religious order of friars founded by Saint Francis of Paola in fifteenth… …

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