"take holy orders" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: takes holy orders [present, singular, third-person], taking holy orders [participle, present], took holy orders [past], taken holy orders [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> holy orders|head=take holy orders}} take holy orders (third-person singular simple present takes holy orders, present participle taking holy orders, simple past took holy orders, past participle taken holy orders)
  1. To become ordained within the Christian church.
    Sense id: en-take_holy_orders-en-verb-YhP7lG4D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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