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holy orders

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

Topics: Christianity

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16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: svátost kněžství — sacrament of ordination to the rank of minister or deacon, priest, or bishop
  • Czech: svátost svěcení — sacrament of ordination to the rank of minister or deacon, priest, or bishop
  • Czech: svěcení kněžstva — sacrament of ordination to the rank of minister or deacon, priest, or bishop
  • Czech: svatá tajina kněžství — sacrament of ordination to the rank of minister or deacon, priest, or bishop
  • Czech: ordinace — sacrament of ordination to the rank of minister or deacon, priest, or bishop
  • Dutch: wijding — sacrament of ordination to the rank of minister or deacon, priest, or bishop
  • Esperanto: ordinacio — sacrament of ordination to the rank of minister or deacon, priest, or bishop
  • Esperanto: ordino — sacrament of ordination to the rank of minister or deacon, priest, or bishop
  • Finnish: kheirotonia — sacrament of ordination to the rank of minister or deacon, priest, or bishop
  • German: Weihesakrament — sacrament of ordination to the rank of minister or deacon, priest, or bishop
  • Italian: ordine sacro — sacrament of ordination to the rank of minister or deacon, priest, or bishop
  • Polish: sakrament święceń — sacrament of ordination to the rank of minister or deacon, priest, or bishop
  • Portuguese: ordem — sacrament of ordination to the rank of minister or deacon, priest, or bishop
  • Russian: свяще́нство (svjaščénstvo) — sacrament of ordination to the rank of minister or deacon, priest, or bishop
  • Spanish: sacramento del orden — sacrament of ordination to the rank of minister or deacon, priest, or bishop
  • Spanish: orden sacerdotal — sacrament of ordination to the rank of minister or deacon, priest, or bishop