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Holy order has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

(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"

2

the sacrament of ordination

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
status sacrament
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
acolyte anagnost deacon doorkeeper exorcist lector priest subdeacon
Rhyming Words
der ider oder eder cder hoder alder nader under udder loder inder seder wider moder coder order cnder odder cyder
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