Holy Orders
Holy Orders in the
Roman Catholic (Latin: sacri ordines),
Eastern Catholic,
Eastern Orthodox (ιερωσυνη, ιερατευμα, Свештенство),
Oriental Orthodox,
Anglican,
Assyrian,
Old Catholic,
Independent Catholic churches and some
Lutheran churches are the three orders of
bishop,
priest and
deacon, or the sacrament or rite by which candidates are ordained to those orders.
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holy orders
Noun
1. the sacrament of ordination
(hypernym) sacrament
(part-meronym) ordination, ordinance
holy orders
Synonyms and related words:
acolyte, acolytus, apostleship, apostolic orders, appointment, baptism, call, calling, canonization, care of souls, conferment, confirmation, consecration, deacon, diaconus, doorkeeper, election, exorcist, exorcista, extreme unction, induction, installation, institution, investiture, lector, major orders, matrimony, minor orders, nomination, ordainment, orders, ordination, ostiarius, pastorage, pastoral care, pastorate, penance, preferment, presbyter, presentation, priest, priesthood, priestship, rabbinate, reader, reading in, sacred calling, seven sacraments, subdeacon, subdiaconus, the Eucharist, the church, the cloth, the desk, the ministry, the pulpit, vocation
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
holy orders
Eng: holy orders
Urdu: سلسلہ تقدیس ۔ سلسلہ اولیا ۔ مقرّر کردہ پادری ۔