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particularly communities of
teaching or
nursing religious sisters. Historically, a
convent denoted a
house of
friars (reflecting the Latin), now more commonly...
- This
article covers the
religious affiliation in the
United States House of Representatives.
While the
religious preference of
elected officials is by...
- This is a list of
religious organizations by faith. As it can be a
matter of
rebuttal as to
whether an
organization is in fact
religious,
organizations only...
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adult man in
fifty was in
religious orders. At the time of
their suppression, only some
English and
Welsh religious houses could trace their origins to...
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convents of Germany. A nun who is
elected to head her
religious house is
termed an
abbess if the
house is an abbey, a
prioress if it is a monastery, or more...
- of devotion, veneration, or
religious study. A
building constructed or used for this
purpose is
sometimes called a
house of worship. Temples, churches...
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priories were
religious establishments in England, such as
monasteries and convents,
which were
under the
control of
another religious house outside England...
- A
religious order is a
subgroup within a
larger confessional community with a
distinctive high-religiosity
lifestyle and
clear membership.
Religious orders...
- The
Suppression of
Religious Houses Act 1535 (27 Hen. 8. c. 28), also
referred to as the Act for the
Dissolution of the
Lesser Monasteries and as the Dissolution...
- This is a list, as yet incomplete, of
Christian monasteries and
religious houses, both
extant and dissolved, in Estonia, for both men and women. For churches...
