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holy orders

    1. the sacrament or rite of Christian ordination
    2. the state of having received Christian ordination
  2. the ranks or grades of Christian ordination; specif., in the Roman Catholic Church, those of bishop, priest, or deacon
holy orders Idioms

take holy orders

to receive Christian ordination

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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