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 am a clergyman, And all his power, if he all extend, Cannot prevail against my holy order.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew
He received the holy order of priesthood with extraordinary preparation and devotion, and seemed filled by it with an apostolic spirit.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban
Come to my arms, brother at last with me in the holy order of those who must work or starve.
From Yeast: a Problem by Kingsley, Charles
