holy orders

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Noun holy order has 1 sense

holy order, order - (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy; "theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate order"
--₁ is a kind of sacrament; status, position; sacrament; status, position
--₁ has parts: ordination, ordinance
--₁ has particulars:
acolyte; anagnost; deacon; doorkeeper, ostiary, ostiarius; exorcist; lector, reader; priest; subdeacon

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