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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
A system in which people or groups are ranked according to status or authority.
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Paper 1
Revise: Gender Equality in BuddhismTheravada Buddhism places particular importance on monastic life and discipline. Its traditional hierarchy is monks, nuns, laymen, laywomen. This ranks ordained followers above lay followers and men above women within each group.
For Theravada, remember the traditional hierarchy: monks, nuns, laymen, laywomen; fully ordained monks follow 227 rules and fully ordained nuns 311.
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