contemplative order
noun
a religious order whose members are devoted to prayer rather than works.
Origin of contemplative order
1First recorded in 1880–85
Words Nearby contemplative order
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How to use contemplative order in a sentence
The Reverend Mother wanted me to leave the community and enter a contemplative order.
The Altar Steps | Compton MacKenzieThe Franciscans were necessarily the contemplative order intrusted with its dissemination.
A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume III | Henry Charles LeaThe doctor is a very learned man, and a very deep thinker, but in the mystic or contemplative order.
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