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

His proficiency in evangelical perfection was equally rapid, so that he was soon raised to the holy order of Deaconship.

From The Life of Saint Columba, Abbot, and Apostle of the Northern Picts by Anonymous

Thy offering is accepted, but thou must not expect yet to enter into the austerities of our holy order.

From The Pacha of Many Tales by Marryat, Frederick

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