Religious family

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A religious family (also order , from the Latin ordo : order, status) is a combination of two or more religious communities that have content, structural or other similarities. Similarities can, for example, be comparable rules of the order , which determine the cohabitation of men or women who are bound by a religious vow to their way of life and lead a spiritual life in community.

Examples

• The third order denotes Christian communities which, together with a male order (first order) and a female order (second order), form a religious family.