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is an association of religious persons who devote themselves to the care of the dying, and minister to them in spiritual things so far as the laity have this right in the Roman Catholic communion. They do not everywhere go by this name, but the same dress usually distinguishes them. They wear a robe, a scapular, and gray mantle. In many respects they closely resemble the Beguines (q.v.) and the Lollards (q.v.).