#religious__religiou a member of a religious order who is bound by vows of poverty and chastity and obedience
supertype: religionist__religious_person__religiousperson a person who manifests devotion to a deity
instance: Thomas_Merton
subtype: friar__mendicant a male religious of an order of mendicant preachers of the gospel
subtype: Carmelite__White_Friar a Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order
subtype: Dominican__Black_Friar__Blackfriar a Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the Dominican order
instance: Girolamo_Savonarola__Savonarola
subtype: Franciscan__Gray_Friar a Catholic friar wearing the gray habit of the Franciscan order
subtype: monk__monastic a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
subtype: Brother (Roman Catholic) a title given to a monk and used as form of address; "a Benedictine Brother"
subtype: Trappist__Cistercian member of an order of monks noted for austerity and a vow of silence
instance: Roger_Bacon__Bacon Saint_Benedict__Benedict__St_Benedict Gregor_Johann_Mendel__Mendel__Gregor_Mendel
subtype: Benedictine a monk or nun belonging to the order founded by Saint Benedict
subtype: nun a woman religious
subtype: Sister (Roman Catholic) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address); "the Sisters taught her to love God"
instance: Mother_Teresa__Teresa__Theresa__Mother_Theresa__Agnes_Gonxha_Bojaxhiu
subtype: eremite a Christian recluse
subtype: anchorite__hermit one retired from society for religious reasons
subtype: Austin_Friar__Augustinian one of the Catholic hermits of Saint Augustine
subtype: cenobite__coenobite a member of a religious order living in common
subtype: superior the head of a religious community
subtype: better.superior one having claim to precedence; a superior: "the common man has been kept in his place by his betters"
subtype: abbess__mother_superior__prioress the superior of a group of nuns
instance: Saint_Bridget__Bridget__St_Bridget__Brigid__Saint_Brigid__St_Brigid__Bride__Saint_Bride__St_Bride Heloise
subtype: abbot__archimandrite the superior of an abbey of monks
subtype: abbe a French abbot
subtype: prior the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot
subtype: votary.religious one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service: "monasteries of votaries"
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