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Holy order

noun

(usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy. Synonym: Order.

The sacrament of ordination.

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... churl, that I, Father Swithin, of the holy Order of St. Benedict, have come, in the name of the rightful owners of this house, and in the power of the Church, to demand that he deliver up Elfric of Aescendune to the ...

— Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune • A. D. Crake

... he, as he turned up the light of a couple of large lamps that burned dimly in the room they had reached. "The secretary of a very holy order has his office on the other side of my landing, and altogether this is a very religious atmosphere. Pray take off your ...

— A Roman Singer • F. Marion Crawford

... Come to my arms, brother at last with me in the holy order of those who must work or starve. Long have I wept in secret over the pernicious ...

— Yeast: A Problem • Charles Kingsley

... I'll perfect him withal; and he shall bring you Before the Duke; and to the head of Angelo Accuse him home and home. For my poor self, 140 I am combined by a sacred vow, And shall be absent. Wend you with this letter: Command these fretting waters from your eyes With a light heart; trust not my holy order, If I pervert ...

— Measure for Measure - The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] • William Shakespeare

Words linked to "Holy order" : ordination, order, exorcist, ostiary, ordinance, reader, acolyte, status, ostiarius, sacrament, lector, anagnost, deacon, priest, position, doorkeeper, subdeacon