Definition that contains religious order
- general the head of a religious order or congregation
- rule any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order
- religious a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
- habit a distinctive attire worn by a member of a religious order
- divine a clergyman or other person in religious orders
- prior the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot
- convent a community of people in a religious order (especially nuns) living together
- brethren (plural) the lay members of a male religious order
- provincial (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order
- cleric a clergyman or other person in religious orders