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Religious Habit

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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The dress of a monk or a nun. Each order has a habit peculiar to it. The rule of several, e.g., Jesuits, is to use the habit worn by the priests in the country in which they reside, but long established custom has supplanted this rule in many places.

Benedictine

Christian

Brother

Cistercian

Dominican

Franciscan

Jesuit

Passionist

Redemptorist

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Entry for 'Religious Habit'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​r/religious-habit.html. 1910.
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