A religious is, in the terminology of many Western Christian denominations, such as the Catholic Church, Lutheran Churches, and Anglican Communion, what in common language one would call a "monk" or "
The Priory of St. Wigbert is a Lutheran monastery in the Benedictine tradition
Religious order (Catholic)
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In the Catholic Church, a religious order is a community of consecrated life with members who profess solemn vows. They are classed as a type of religious institute.
Saint Francis of Assisi, founder of the mendicant Order of Friars Minor, as painted by El Greco
The Hieronymite monks
Abbot Thomas Schoen, OCist
Saint Bruno of Cologne, founder of the Order of Carthusians, as painted by Nicolas Mignard