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
"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 Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
But I was the Heir of Mountjoy; and my father had knelt before a King of France and been made Knight of a holy order for his deeds on the Plains of Jerusalem.
From Cedric, the Forester by Bernard Gay Marshall
Wend you with this letter: Command these fretting waters from your eyes With a light heart; trust not my holy order, 145 If I pervert your course.—Who’s here?
From Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by John Glover
