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noun
Lay members of Christian religious orders, who do not necessarily live in a religious community such as a monastery or a nunnery, and yet can claim to wear the religious habit and participate in the good works of a great order.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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