What is the meaning of Holy Order?

noun

  • Usually plural. ( the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy)
    • usage: "theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order"
  • The sacrament of ordination. .
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