Holy Order 1

noundomain: state

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

(usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy

Examples

1.theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order

Synonyms

Order 10
(usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy

Hyponym

acolyte 1

noun

someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches

anagnost 1

noun

a cleric in the minor orders of the Eastern Orthodox Church who reads the lessons aloud in the liturgy (analogous to the lector in the Roman Catholic Church)

deacon 2

noun

a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches; one of the Holy Orders

doorkeeper 2

noun

the lowest of the minor Holy Orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed by the Roman Catholic Church

exorcist 1

noun

one of the minor orders in the unreformed Western Church but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic Church