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
Dionysius thus defines “Hierarchy”: He who speaks of a hierarchy indicates thereby a holy order … which in a holy manner works the mysteries of illumination which is appropriate to each one.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen
He was originally designed for the priesthood, but fortunately for that holy order his inclinations led him in another direction, and he became an Indian trader.
From The History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier by Flandrau, Charles E. (Charles Eugene)
To-day a holy order of nuns occupies it as a convent.
From The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon by Gordon, J. M. (Joseph Maria)
