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holy order also Holy Order  
n.   Ecclesiastical

  1. The sacrament or rite of ordination. Often used in the plural.

  2. The rank of an ordained Christian minister or priest. Often used in the plural.

  3. See major order.

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major order  
n.   Ecclesiastical
A principal order of the clergy, especially the rank of bishop, priest, or deacon, in the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Anglican churches. Also called holy order.
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holy order

any of several grades in the ordained ministry of some of the Christian churches, comprising at various times the major orders of bishop, priest, deacon, and subdeacon and the minor orders of porter (doorkeeper), lector, exorcist, and acolyte.

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