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TertiarenTertiary Orders, members of a Third Order (First Order: fully professed men, Second Order: fully professed women) of mainly Franciscans or Dominicans, divided into secular and monastic Tertiaries. The first are lay members of Tertiary Orders and live in the world, whereas the latter are fully professed members of Tertiary Orders Regular and live in a religious community. Regular Tertiaries in Austria are the male Order of Regular Tertiaries of St. Francis (TOR); they have been based in Vienna since 1936 and concentrate on charity and social work.
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