!!!Dritter Orden

Third Order, religious organisation affiliated to an already existing 
order. There are (a) Regular Third Orders (e.g.  Elisabethians) whose 
members (Regular Tertiaries) live in communities and (b) Secular Third 
Orders (the Franciscans, Dominicans, etc.) with members from various 
classes and professions (Secular Tertiaries); they observe the rules 
of the order and after a trial period (novitiate) make a solemn 
promise for life.


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