René Ostberg
Encyclopædia Britannica Editor
René Ostberg is an associate editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Religious order, in Roman Catholicism, a group of men or women who have professed solemn vows to live together under a religious rule (a regulation for the group’s conduct). Nuns, monks, friars, and some priests are members of such orders. Among well-known religious orders are the Jesuits,…
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