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* Aramis of ''[[The Three Musketeers (novel)|The Three Musketeers]]'' was studying to become a priest.

* The Church Knights from the ''Elenium'' and ''Tamuli'' by [[David Eddings]] are an odd example. While technically orders of cloistered monks when not on the battle fields the normal rules of the clergy are relaxed for them. For example they can get married despite being clergy in an [[Expy]] of the medieval Catholic Church. What makes them ''really'' odd though is that in a world where [[Religion Is Magic]] their magical powers come from the Styric Gods (and in the case of the Genedian Knights, the Troll Gods as well). It leaves them essentially straddling two religions while otherwise playing the trope (mostly) straight. Lampshaded within the books themselves when it finally dawns on them all that since 'magic' comes from gods they never really needed to go outside their own religion as the Elene god probably could have been convinced to do the same thing for them that the Styric and Troll gods do for their followers. It's concluded that the Elene god is so aloof, it's no surprise no-one thought it would be possible.

* In some of the [[Robin Hood]] stories/ballads, Friar Tuck is an accomplished swordsman and archer, and when he isn't he can usually hold his own with his fists or a staff.

* Dragonriders in [[Dragonriders of Pern]]. They are not celibate, and they are not strictly religious, though esprit de corps is intense enough to make it de facto religious. Nor are they strictly warriors as they do not fight sentient beings primarily(the closest counterpart on earth is airtanker pilots during a forest fire). However they have a sort of trans-clan sodality that stands in a social niche much as warrior monks did in Europe. This is especially the case when the biggest threat to Pern is natural disaster while the biggest threat to Europe was invasion or at least the biggest threat they could deal with.