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Augustinian order
any of several monastic orders observing a rule derived from the writings of St. Augustine
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Benedictine order, order of Saint Benedict
a Roman Catholic monastic order founded in the 6th century; noted for liturgical worship and for scholarly activities
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Carmelite order, Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century
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Carthusian order
an austere contemplative Roman Catholic order founded by St. Bruno in 1084
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Dominican order
a Roman Catholic order of mendicant preachers founded in the 13th century
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Franciscan order
a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in the 13th century
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Jesuit order, Society of Jesus
a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Ignatius of Loyola in 1534 to defend Catholicism against the Reformation and to do missionary work among the heathen; it is strongly committed to education and scholarship
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Augustinian Canons
an Augustinian monastic order
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Augustinian Hermits
a monastic order of friars established in 1256 by the Pope
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Austin Friars
an Augustinian monastic order
