religious order

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religious order > noun, group
Meaning	A subdivision of a larger religious group.
Synonyms	sect, religious sect
Parts	convent
Broader	religion, faith, organized religion
Narrower	sisterhood; Albigenses, Cathars, Cathari; High Church, High Anglican Church; Abecedarian; Amish sect; Karaites; Shiah, Shia, Shiah Islam; Sunni, Sunni Islam; Shivaism, Sivaism; Shaktism, Saktism; Vaishnavism, Vaisnavism; Haredi; Hare Krishna, International Society for Krishna Consciousness, ISKCON; Jainism; Taoism; Kokka Shinto, Kokka; Shuha Shinto, Shua; brethren; order, monastic order; Religious Society of Friends, Society of Friends, Quakers; Shakers, United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing; Waldenses, Vaudois; Zurvanism