holy order

1. 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”

   SynonymsOrder

   Broaderstatus

   Narroweracolyteanagnostdeacondoorkeeperexorcistlectorpriestsubdeacon
2. 2.

   the sacrament of ordination

   Broadersacrament

   Partsordination

Questions about holy order

What does holy order mean?

holy order means "(usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for holy order?

Close synonyms include Order. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is holy order a common word?

holy order is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.