Holy Orders
Example Sentences
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They said he would be "subject to the disciplinary processes of the church, which will remove him from his office as vicar and prohibit him from exercising his holy orders".
From BBC
It would be reductionist, he wrote, “to believe that women would be granted a greater status and participation in the church only if they were admitted to holy orders.”
From New York Times
As well as keeping the peace between holy orders, organisers must work to ward off disease.
From The Guardian
A decree on training for Roman Catholic priests in 2016 stressed the obligation of sexual abstinence, as well as barring gay men and those who support “gay culture” from holy orders.
From The Guardian
What happened to her next is unknown, although it has been suggested she might have entered holy orders.
From BBC
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