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  • 1Religious 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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  • 2Superior Institute of Religious Sciences of St. Thomas Aquinas — Infobox University name = Institutum Superius Scientiarum Religiosarum a Sancto Thoma Aquinate in civitate Kioviensi native name = Вищий інститут релігійних наук святого Томи Аквінського image size = caption = latin name = motto = established =… …

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  • 3Roman Catholic religious order — Religious orders ( Religious Institutes , cf. canons 573 746) are the major form of consecrated life in the Roman Catholic Church. They are organisations of laity and/or clergy who live a common life following a religious rule under the… …

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  • 4Minim (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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  • 5superior general — noun (plural superiors general) Date: 1774 the superior of a religious order or congregation …

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  • 6Religious Life — • Overview and evangelical ideas on what makes up religious life Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Religious Life     Religious Life      …

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  • 7Religious Obedience —     Religious Obedience     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Religious Obedience     Religious obedience is that general submission which religious vow to God, and voluntarily promise to their superiors, in order to be directed by them in the ways of… …

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  • 8Religious Profession — • Describes both a declaration openly made, and a state of life publicly embraced Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Religious Profession     Religious Profession      …

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  • 9Order of Saint Augustine — Abbreviation OSA Formation March, 1256 Type Catholic religious ord …

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  • 10Order of Preachers —     Order of Preachers     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Order of Preachers     As the Order of the Friars Preachers is the principal part of the entire Order of St. Dominic, we shall include under this title the two other parts of the order: the… …

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