Usually means: Lower ranks of Catholic clergy.
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  1. minor order: Merriam-Webster
  2. minor order: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. minor order: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  4. minor order: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. minor order: Dictionary.com
  6. Minor order: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Definitions from Wiktionary (minor order)

noun:  (Catholicism, historical) One of the orders of the Catholic Church lower than the major orders (diaconate and priesthood); i.e. the order of acolyte, exorcist, lector or porter.
noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see minor, order.

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