religious order

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An organized community of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with their specific religious devotion, usually characterized by the principles of the founder's religious practice.

Equivalents

Françaisordre religieux

Deutschgeistlicher Orden Ordensgemeinschaft

Italianoordine religioso

12 more languages

Bosanskizakon

Češtinanáboženský řád

Ελληνικάτάγμα

Suominunnakunta sääntökunta

Hrvatskizakon

Magyarszerzetesrend

日本語修道会

한국어종파

Kurdîzakon

Nederlandsreligieuze orde

Polskizakon

Српскиzakon

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

religious pluralism religious police religious right religious service Religious Society of Friends religious studies

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