English noun: religious order |
1. | religious order (group) a subdivision of a larger religious group |
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| Synonyms | religious sect, sect |
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| Broader (hypernym) | faith, organized religion, religion |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Abecedarian, Albigenses, Amish sect, brethren, Cathari, Cathars, Hare Krishna, Haredi, High Anglican Church, High Church, International Society for Krishna Consciousness, ISKCON, Jainism, Karaites, Kokka, Kokka Shinto, monastic order, order, Quakers, Religious Society of Friends, Saktism, Shakers, Shaktism, Shia, Shiah, Shiah Islam, Shivaism, Shua, Shuha Shinto, sisterhood, Sivaism, Society of Friends, Sunni, Sunni Islam, Taoism, United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, Vaishnavism, Vaisnavism, Vaudois, Waldenses, Zurvanism |
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| Part holonym | convent |
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