(Roman Catholic Church) A person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of an order without religious vows or a lay member of a religious community
A person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of an order without religious vows or a lay member of a religious community
having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles
a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious life having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar diameter; being flattened at the poles
One of an association of priests or religious women who have offered themselves to the service of the church