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A manual of practices and regulations of a religious institute, assembled or at least authorized by a general chapter. Its provisions are less permanent than the norms of the Rule or Constitutions and are subject to adaptation or revision by competent authority within the institute.

All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

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