holy order

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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

That utterest command by the holy order of Anu.

From Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms by Langdon, Stephen

Yet as brothers of one holy order thou mayest confide in me, if perchance it may bring thee comfort.

From A Golden Book of Venice by Turnbull, Lawrence, Mrs.

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