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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

In ecclesiastical law

Those who profess and follow a certain rule of life (regula), belong to a religious order, and observe the three approved vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

Wharton.