religious order
subgroup within a larger confessional community with a distinctive high-religiosity lifestyle and clear membership
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religious order
Summary
religious order ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (217 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- religious order is a type of religious community[2].
- religious order is a type of religious organization[3].
- religious order is a type of order[4].
- religious order is a type of lifestance organisation[5].
- religious order's Commons category is recorded as Religious orders[6].
- religious order's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Religious orders[7].
- religious order's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
- religious order's described by source is recorded as Q65313460[9].
- religious order's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox religious order[10].
- religious order's main Wikidata property is recorded as P611[11].
- religious order's different from is recorded as monastic order[12].
- religious order's position held by head of the organization is recorded as superior[13].
Body
Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include religious community[2], religious organization[3], order[4], and lifestance organisation[5].
Why It Matters
religious order ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (217 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]