holy order

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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

My father did not wish me to take the vows of this holy order.

From A Chinese Wonder Book by Chu-T'ang, Li

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

He received the holy order of priesthood with extraordinary preparation and devotion, and seemed filled by it with an apostolic spirit.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban