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INSTITUTE, EXEMPT
A religious institute of men or women, taking either solemn or simple vows, whose members have been withdrawn from the jurisdiction of the local ordinary, according to the provisions of canon law.
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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