Catholic Church, a religious order is a community of consecrated life with members that profess solemn vows. They are classed as a type of religious institute...

and in modern times, the Order of Hsu Yun. A Catholic religious institute is a society whose members (referred to as "religious") pronounce vows that are...

The Teutonic Order is a Catholic religious institution founded as a military society c. 1190 in Acre, Kingdom of Jerusalem. The Order of Brothers of the...

A military order (Latin: militaris ordo) is a Christian religious society of knights. The original military orders were the Knights Templar, the Knights...

Paulanerorden), are a Roman Catholic religious order of friars founded by Francis of Paola in fifteenth-century Italy. The order soon spread to France, Germany...

recently become more prevalent in other traditions. In the Catholic tradition, there are many religious institutes of nuns and sisters (the female equivalent...

In the Catholic Church, "A religious institute is a society in which members, according to proper law, pronounce public vows, either perpetual or temporary...

The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (Latin: Ordo Fratrum Minorum Capuccinorum; postnominal abbr. OFMCap) is a religious order of Franciscan friars within...

members of religious orders recognized by the Anglican Communion, others may be members of ecumenical Protestant or Old Catholic religious orders while...

A religious congregation is a type of religious institute in the Catholic Church. They are legally distinguished from religious orders – the other major...