# Religious community

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'''Religious community''' may refer to:

* [Church (congregation)](/source/Church_(congregation)), a Christian organization or congregation that meets in a particular location
* [Confessional community](/source/Confessional_community), a group of people with similar religious beliefs 
* [Institute of consecrated life](/source/Institute_of_consecrated_life), an association of faithful in the Catholic Church to enable men or women who publicly profess the evangelical counsels by religious vows or other sacred bonds
* [Religious identity](/source/Religious_identity), the sense of group membership to a religion and the importance of this group membership as it pertains to one's self-concept
* [Religious intentional community](/source/Religious_intentional_community), a residential community with a shared religious identity designed to have a high degree of group cohesiveness and teamwork
* [Religious order](/source/Religious_order), a subgroup within a larger confessional community with a distinctive high-religiosity lifestyle and clear membership

== See also ==
* [Religious group (disambiguation)](/source/Religious_group_(disambiguation))

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