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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy;
- Example: "theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order"
[syn: Holy Order, Order]

2. the sacrament of ordination;


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Holy Order n 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" [syn: Holy Order, Order] 2: the sacrament of ordination