Religious Order

All the different religious houses, regardless of location, which are united and bound by the same Rule. There are religious orders of monks or nuns (eg Benedictines, Cistercians), regular canons…

All the different religiousReligious 1. Concerned with religion, showing belief in God or a deity. 2. In regards to an individual, refers to a member of an order of monks, nuns or friars who follow a Rule of life houses, regardless of location, which are united and bound by the same Rule. There are religious orders of monks or nuns (eg Benedictines, Cistercians), regular canons or regular canonesses (eg Augustinians, Premonstratensians, Arrouaisians, Victorines), and mendicants (eg Dominican Order, Franciscans, Carmelites).