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Third Order

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Third Order  (thûrd)
n. Roman Catholic Church
A confraternity of laypersons associated with a religious order.

Third Order
n
(Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) RC Church a religious society of laymen affiliated to one of the religious orders and following a mitigated form of religious rule


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At the direction of this third order Lavinski died suddenly in the Hungarian House of Parliament, Herr Krettingen was involved in a duel, the result of which was assured beforehand, and Reginald Brott, the great English statesman, was ruined and disgraced.
It is a turret chamber of the third order of merit, plainly but comfortably furnished and having an old-fashioned business air.
 
 
 
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