English
Noun
holy orders pl (plural only)
- (Christianity) The sacrament of ordination to the rank of minister or (in Catholicism and Orthodoxy) deacon, priest, or bishop.
Derived terms
Translations
sacrament of ordination to the rank of minister or deacon, priest, or bishop
- Czech: svátost kněžství f, svátost svěcení f, svěcení kněžstva n, svatá tajina kněžství f, ordinace (cs) f
- Dutch: wijding (nl) f
- Esperanto: ordinacio, ordino
- Finnish: kheirotonia
- German: Weihesakrament n
- Italian: ordine sacro m
- Polish: sakrament święceń m
- Portuguese: ordem (pt) m
- Russian: свяще́нство (ru) n (svjaščénstvo)
- Spanish: sacramento del orden m, orden sacerdotal m
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