Holy orders Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy
Holy Order; Order.
- theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order
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noun the sacrament of ordination
holy order.
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(a) (Eccl.) The different grades of the Christian ministry; ordination to the ministry . See def. 10 above.(b) (R. C. Ch.) A sacrament for the purpose of conferring a special grace on those ordained.
