Catholic lay order
C37390
concept
A Catholic lay order is an organized association of non-ordained faithful who commit to living out specific spiritual charisms and disciplines of the Catholic Church while remaining in their secular state of life.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Catholic lay order canonical | 2 |
| lay branch of religious order | 2 |
| Catholic lay brotherhood | 1 |
| Catholic third order | 1 |
| Roman Catholic secular institute | 1 |
| lay religious brotherhood | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Catholic lay order
Generated description
A Catholic lay order is an organized association of non-ordained faithful who commit to living out specific spiritual charisms and disciplines of the Catholic Church while remaining in their secular state of life.
Instances (8)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary | Roman Catholic secular institute |
| Secular Franciscans | — |
| Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites | lay branch of religious order |
| Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception | Catholic lay brotherhood |
| Archconfraternity of the Papal Grooms | lay religious brotherhood |
| OFS | — |
| TOSSPX | Catholic third order |
| Lay Dominicans | lay branch of religious order |