holy order

Example Sentences

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So the back‑pass rule became a holy order to hoof, a proclamation from above that this was now at least half the goalkeeper's job.

From The Guardian • Jan. 22, 2011

She was the 17-year-old daughter of a nobleman of Assisi; she founded a holy order for women, was canonized after her death like Francis, whom she had loved all her life.

From Time Magazine Archive

I sat down to supper in company with till the monks of the Hospice, I in my monkish robe looking like one of the holy order.

From Views a-foot by Taylor, Bayard

The secretary of a very holy order has his office on the other side of my landing, and altogether this is a very religious atmosphere.

From A Roman Singer by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

"As little!" said Nigel, somewhat sarcastically; "I should be almost content if the holy order in every country had as much influence as they now have in England."

From Endymion by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield