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Religious orders and parish life in Portuguese — Essential Vocabulary
Picture-based Portuguese vocabulary for religious orders and parish life — study, practice, and play.
Religious orders and parish life/Religious orders and parish life
| português / Portuguese | English / inglês |
|---|---|
| o precepto | precept / commandment |
| o catecismo | catechism |
| a encíclica | the encyclical |
| o monge / a monja | monk / nun |
| o religioso / a religiosa | religious / nun |
| a comunidade religiosa | the religious community |
| os benedictinos | Benedictines |
| São Bento de Núrsia | Saint Benedict of Nursia |
| os franciscanos | Franciscans |
| São Francisco de Assis | Saint Francis of Assisi |
| os dominicanos | Dominicans |
| Santo Domingo | Santo Domingo |
| os jesuítas | Jesuits |
| San Ignacio de Loyola | San Ignacio de Loyola |
| os carmelitas | Carmelites |
| o movimiento eclesial / laical | church movement / lay movement |
| os movimentos laicais | lay movements |
| a paróquia | parish |
| a igreja paroquial / a paróquia | parish church / parish |
| a diocese | the diocese |