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
Bear with me that I transgressed the law of this holy order.
From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Caine, Hall, Sir
That utterest command by the holy order of Anu.
From Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms by Langdon, Stephen
First there are the priests, a holy order set apart and endowed with mysterious power, representing Christ and administering his gifts.
From Froude's Essays in Literature and History With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc by Belloc, Hilaire
