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English *noun*: monastic order
1.	monastic order (group) a group of person living under a religious rule
		Samples	The order of Saint Benedict.
		Synonyms	order
		Broader (hypernym)	religious order, religious sect, sect
		Narrower (hyponym)	Augustinian order, Benedictine order, Carmelite order, Carthusian order, Dominican order, Franciscan order, Jesuit order, Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, order of Saint Benedict, Society of Jesus

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