RELIGIOUS ORDERS
\ɹɪlˈɪd͡ʒəs ˈɔːdəz], \ɹɪlˈɪdʒəs ˈɔːdəz], \ɹ_ɪ_l_ˈɪ_dʒ_ə_s ˈɔː_d_ə_z]\
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Societies bound by a rule of religion. They may be (1) monastic, (2) military, or (3) mendicant. The monastic orders were distinguished by the rule to which they adhered ; as the Benedictines, the Basilians, the Augustinians. Of the military orders the most prominent were (1) those of St. John of Jerusalem, or the Knights of the Hospital, known afterwards as Knights of Rhodes and Knights of Malta ; (2) the Knights Templars, and (3) the Teutonic Knights See Teutonic Order. The chief mendicant orders are the Dominicans and the Franciscans.
By Henry Percy Smith
