monastic order

/məˌnæstɪk ˌɔrdər/

Other forms: monastic orders

Definitions of monastic order

1. noun

   a group of person living under a religious rule
   synonyms: order

   types:

   Augustinian order

   any of several monastic orders observing a rule derived from the writings of St. Augustine

   Benedictine order, order of Saint Benedict

   a Roman Catholic monastic order founded in the 6th century; noted for liturgical worship and for scholarly activities

   Carmelite order, Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

   a Roman Catholic mendicant order founded in the 12th century

   Carthusian order

   an austere contemplative Roman Catholic order founded by St. Bruno in 1084

   Dominican order

   a Roman Catholic order of mendicant preachers founded in the 13th century

   Franciscan order

   a Roman Catholic order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in the 13th century

   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

   Augustinian Canons

   an Augustinian monastic order

   Augustinian Hermits

   a monastic order of friars established in 1256 by the Pope

   Austin Friars

   an Augustinian monastic order

   type of:

   religious order, religious sect, sect

   a subdivision of a larger religious group