take holy orders
English
editVerb
edittake holy orders (third-person singular simple present takes holy orders, present participle taking holy orders, simple past took holy orders, past participle taken holy orders)
- To become ordained within the Christian church.
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References
edit- “take holy orders”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “take holy orders”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “take holy orders” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
- “holy orders”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “holy order”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.