Confessional community
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A '''confessional community''' is a group of people with similar [[religious belief]]s.
In the [[Ottoman Empire]], this allowed people to be grouped by religious confession as opposed to nationality or ethnicity, which was more consistent with the existing social structure. People were able to do themselves more effectively as a group than as individuals.
==See also==
*[[Millet (Ottoman Empire)]]
*[[Vakif]]
==References==
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[[Category:Demographics of the Ottoman Empire]]
[[Category:Politics of the Ottoman Empire]]
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