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BROTHERHOOD |
Religious association |
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GUILD |
A religious association or society, organized for
charitable purposes or for assistance in parish work. |
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CONVENT |
An association or community of recluses devoted to a
religious life; a body of monks or nuns. |
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SECESSION |
The act of seceding; separation from fellowship or
association with others, as in a religious or political organization;
withdrawal. |
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NIHILIST |
A member of a secret association (esp. in Russia), which
is devoted to the destruction of the present political, religious, and
social institutions. |
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VOLUNTARYISM |
The principle of supporting a religious system and
its institutions by voluntary association and effort, rather than by
the aid or patronage of the state. |
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THUG |
One of an association of robbers and murderers in India who
practiced murder by stealthy approaches, and from religious motives.
They have been nearly exterminated by the British government. |
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SECEDE |
To withdraw from fellowship, communion, or association;
to separate one's self by a solemn act; to draw off; to retire;
especially, to withdraw from a political or religious body. |
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OBLATE |
One of an association of priests or religious women who
have offered themselves to the service of the church. There are three
such associations of priests, and one of women, called oblates. |
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BEGUARD |
One of an association of religious laymen living in
imitation of the Beguines. They arose in the thirteenth century, were
afterward subjected t... |
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FRATERNITY |
...t,
business, or pleasure; a company; a brotherhood; a society; in the
Roman Catholic Chucrch, an association for special religious purposes,
... |
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METHODIST |
...dical strictness
of members of the club in all religious duties. ... |