A body of people living by common consent under the same religious, moral, or social regulations and… A religious society or fraternity, as an orde…

Christian Church. A particular religious order or denomination; †a religious house. Also figurative. Now rare.

A religious order. Obsolete.

A particular order of monks, nuns, or other professed persons. Obsolete.

Roman Catholic Church A community or order bound together by a common rule, either without vows (as the Oratorians), or without solemn vows (as…

A body of people leading a communal life according to a religious rule; a religious society, a monastic body.