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
That utterest command by the holy order of Anu.
From Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms by Langdon, Stephen
It voiced the subsequent agonized outpourings of his soul when the holy order of priesthood was conferred upon him.
From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis
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
