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contemplative order
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noun
a religious order whose members are devoted to prayer rather than works.
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Origin of contemplative order
First recorded in 1880–85
Words nearby contemplative order
contemplable, contemplate, contemplating, contemplation, contemplative, contemplative order, contempo, contemporaneous, contemporaneously, contemporary, contemporize
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