English Explanatory Dictionary

holy orders

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The sacrament of ordination to the rank of minister or (in Catholicism and Orthodoxy) deacon, priest, or bishop.

Word forms

holy orders

Derived words

take holy orders
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