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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A confraternity of laypersons associated with a religious order.
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Dominicans of the Third Order 2 with 38 sisters; the Redemptorist sisters, 1 with 18 members; the Ursulines, 2 with 136 sisters; the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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