holy_order (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the expression *Holy Order / holy order*:
NOUN	state	Holy Order, Order	(usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy
NOUN	act	holy order	the sacrament of ordination

English > *Holy Order*: 2 senses > noun 1, state
Meaning	(usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy.
Synonym	Order
Narrower	acolyte	someone who assists a priest / priest or minister in a liturgical service
	anagnost	A cleric in the minor orders of the Eastern Orthodox Church who reads the lessons aloud in the liturgy (analogous to the lector in the Roman Catholic Church)
	deacon	A cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches
	doorkeeper, ostiary, ostiarius	The lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church
	exorcist	One of the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church
	lector, reader	someone who reads the lessons in a church service
	priest	A clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites
	subdeacon	A clergyman an order below deacon
Broader	status, position	The relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society

English > *holy order*: 2 senses > noun 2, act
Meaning	The sacrament of ordination.
Parts	ordination, ordinance	The act of ordaining
Broader	sacrament	A formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it
Spanish	orden sagrada

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