Religious structures organised around a transmitted line of teachers or authority, such as a Buddhist teaching lineage or an apostolic succession, where legitimacy rests on an unbroken chain from a founding figure. An entry records the lineage's founder and how transmission is understood to work.
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1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, Second Edition Category Descriptions
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