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71Holy Orders — the higher grades of the Christian ministry; those of bishop, priest and deacon ♦ Subdeacon, deacon and priest, to whom marriage was forbidden. (Heath, Peter. Church and Realm, 1272 1461, 363) Related terms: Minor Orders, Orders …
72Holy Orders — In ecclesiastical law, the orders of bishops (including archbishops), priests, and deacons in the Church of England. The Roman canonists had the orders of bishop (in which the pope and archbishops were included), priest, deacon, subdeacon,… …
73Holy Orders — In ecclesiastical law, the orders of bishops (including archbishops), priests, and deacons in the Church of England. The Roman canonists had the orders of bishop (in which the pope and archbishops were included), priest, deacon, subdeacon,… …
74orders — n. pl. Holy orders, office of the Christian ministry, the sacred profession, ecclesiastical office …
75Holy Order — noun (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 • Syn: ↑Order • Hypernyms: ↑status, ↑position •… …
76holy order — noun the sacrament of ordination • Hypernyms: ↑sacrament • Part Meronyms: ↑ordination, ↑ordinance * * * noun Usage: often capitalized H&O Etymology: Middle English …
77holy order — noun Usage: often capitalized H&O Date: 14th century 1. a. major order usually used in plural b. one of the orders of the ministry in the Anglican or Episcopal church 2. the rite or sacrament of ordination usually used in plural …
78Holy Innocents' Day — (28 December) This feast honours the babies massacred at Bethlehem on Herod s orders (Matthew 2: 1 18); also formerly called Childermas. Although falling within the joyful Christmas season, it was thought an extremely unlucky day on which one… …
79General orders — Order Or der, n. [OE. ordre, F. ordre, fr. L. ordo, ordinis. Cf. {Ordain}, {Ordinal}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system; as: (a) Of material things, like the… …
80Minor orders — Order Or der, n. [OE. ordre, F. ordre, fr. L. ordo, ordinis. Cf. {Ordain}, {Ordinal}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system; as: (a) Of material things, like the… …
