Catholic religious order

C1776

concept

A Catholic religious order is a community of men or women in the Catholic Church who profess public vows and live a shared spiritual, communal, and often apostolic life according to a specific rule and charism.

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All labels observed (35)

Label	Occurrences
Catholic religious order canonical	66
religious order	34
Catholic religious congregation	25
Roman Catholic religious institute	24
Roman Catholic religious congregation	16
mendicant order	11
Catholic military order	10
religious congregation of pontifical right	9
Roman Catholic religious order	8
congregation of women religious	7
Franciscan institution	5
religious order of women	5
Catholic religious community	3
Catholic religious society	3
Eastern Catholic religious institute	3
Roman Catholic religious community	3
female religious order	3
teaching religious order	3
Catholic monastic order	2
Eastern Catholic religious order	2
religious order of pontifical right	2
Catholic missionary order	1
Catholic monastic community	1
Catholic religious congregation of women	1
Latin Catholic religious institute	1
Marian religious order	1
branch of the Marist spiritual family	1
monastic religious congregation	1
ordre religieux catholique	1
religious congregation in the Catholic Church	1
religious congregation of priests and brothers	1
religious order membership	1
religious order of nuns	1
religious order presence in Canada	1
traditionalist Catholic religious community	1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction

generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"

Input

Class: Catholic religious order

Generated description

A Catholic religious order is a community of men or women in the Catholic Church who profess public vows and live a shared spiritual, communal, and often apostolic life according to a specific rule and charism.

Instances (214)

Instance	Via concept surface
Marist Laity	branch of the Marist spiritual family
Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools	religious congregation of pontifical right
Faceless Men	religious order
Order of Friars Minor linked to: O.F.M.	—
Order of the Imitation of Christ linked to: OIC	Catholic religious congregation
O.I.C.	religious order
Order of the Imitation of Christ linked to: Fr. John Kuzhinapurath (co-founder, traditionally known as Fr. John of Bethany)	Catholic religious congregation
Bethany Sisters	Catholic religious congregation
Siena College	Franciscan institution
Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis linked to: The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis	Roman Catholic religious congregation
Order of the Silver Hand	religious order
Pallottine Fathers	Roman Catholic religious congregation
Brothers of Charity	Roman Catholic religious congregation
Society of Jesus linked to: de Jasso	religious order
Order of Saint Jerome	—
Orange Order	religious order
Knights Templar	Catholic military order
Sulpicians in Montreal	Roman Catholic religious community
Grey Nuns	Roman Catholic religious institute
Brothers of the Christian Schools	religious congregation of pontifical right
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary	religious congregation of pontifical right
Ursulines of Quebec	Roman Catholic religious institute
Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids	congregation of women religious
Society of the Holy Child Jesus linked to: SHCJ	Roman Catholic religious institute
Nath yogis	religious order
Missionaries of the Holy Family	Catholic religious congregation
Sisters of Mercy	—
Order of the Discalced Carmelites	—
Theatines	—
Knights Hospitaller	Catholic military order
Cistercians	—
Canons Regular linked to: Canons Regular (Reguliers)	Roman Catholic religious order
Society of Jesus linked to: Laínez	religious order
Order of Minims linked to: Saint Francis of Paola	—
Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Catholic religious congregation
White Fathers	Roman Catholic religious institute
Society of Saint Pius X Sisters	Roman Catholic religious institute
Order of Friars Minor Conventual	—
Second Order of Saint Francis	—
Third Order of Saint Francis	—
Nyahbinghi Order linked to: Nyahbinghi order	religious order
Bobo Shanti	religious order
Order of Preachers	—
Mendicant orders	religious order
Poor Clares	—
Livonian Order	Catholic military order
Christian Brothers	Roman Catholic religious congregation
Basilian Salvatorian Order	Eastern Catholic religious order
Basilian Aleppian Order	—
Basilian Chouerite Order	—