Religious community may refer to: *

Church (congregation) A church (or local church) is a religious organization or congregation that meets in a particular location, often for Christian worship, worship. Many are formally organized, with constitutions and by-laws, maintain offices, are served by cler ...

, a religious organization or congregation that meets in a particular location * Confessional community, a group of people with similar religious beliefs * Institute of consecrated life, a Catholic association bound by vows * Religious identity, the sense of membership in a religious group and its importance to one's self-concept * Religious intentional community, an intentional community with a shared religious identity *

Religious order A religious order is a subgroup within a larger confessional community with a distinctive high-religiosity lifestyle and clear membership. Religious orders often trace their lineage from revered teachers, venerate their Organizational founder, ...

, a group of people who live apart from society as an act of religious devotion

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