Usually means: Sacrament ordaining clergy in Christianity.
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  1. holy orders: Merriam-Webster
  2. holy orders: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. holy orders: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Holy Orders, holy orders: Vocabulary.com
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  6. holy orders: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. holy orders: Wiktionary
  8. holy orders: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. holy orders: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Holy orders, holy orders: Dictionary.com
  11. Holy Orders (Catholic Church), Holy Orders (film), Holy Orders, Holy orders (Catholic Church), Holy orders: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. holy orders: Rhymezone
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(Note: See holy_order as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (holy orders)

noun:  (Christianity) The sacrament of ordination to the rank of minister or (in Catholicism and Orthodoxy) deacon, priest, or bishop.

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