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Holy Orders

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in the English Church, are those of priest and deacon. In the Roman Church the term includes the sub-diaconate. (See Minor Orders.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Holman (Lieutenant James)
Holophernes
Holy Alliance
Holy City
Holy Coat
Holy Communion (The)
Holy Family
Holy Isle
Holy Land (The)
Holy League (The)
Holy Orders
Holy Places
Holy Thursday
Holy Saturday
Holy Wars
Holy Water
Holy Week
Holy Writ
Holy Maid of Kent (The)
Holy of Holies (The)
Holy Water Sprinkler