holy order

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holy orders

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Roget 995: church, churchdom; ministry, apostleship^†, priesthood, prelacy, hierarch^†, church government, christendom, pale of the church.    clericalism, sacerdotalism^†, episcopalianism, ultramontanism^†; theocracy; ecclesiology^†, ecclesiologist^†; priestcraft^†, odium theologicum [Lat.].    monachism^†, monachy^†; monasticism, monkhood^†.    [Ecclesiastical offices and dignities] pontificate, primacy, archbishopric^†, archiepiscopacy^†; prelacy; bishopric, bishopdom^†; episcopate, episcopacy; see, diocese; deanery, stall; canonry, canonicate^†; prebend, prebendaryship^†; benefice, incumbency, glebe, advowson^†, living, cure; rectorship^†; vicariate, vicarship; deaconry^†, deaconship^†; curacy; chaplain, chaplaincy, chaplainship; cardinalate, cardinalship^†; abbacy, presbytery.    holy orders, ordination, institution, consecration, induction, reading in, preferment, translation, presentation.    popedom^†; the Vatican, the apostolic see; religious sects etc. 984.    council etc. 696; conclave, convocation, synod, consistory, chapter, vestry; sanhedrim, conge d'elire [Fr.]; ecclesiastical courts, consistorial court, court of Arches.    ... show more

Moby thesaurus: acolyte, acolytus, apostleship, apostolic orders, appointment, baptism, call, calling, canonization, care of souls, conferment, confirmation, consecration, deacon, diaconus, doorkeeper, election, exorcist, exorcista, extreme unction, induction, installation, institution, investiture, lector, major orders, matrimony, minor orders, nomination, ordainment, orders, ordination, ostiarius, pastorage, pastoral care, pastorate, penance, preferment, presbyter, presentation, priest, priesthood, priestship, rabbinate, reader, reading in, sacred calling, seven sacraments, subdeacon, subdiaconus, the Eucharist, the church, the cloth, the desk, the ministry, the pulpit, vocation ... show more.

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