be in orders

verb

To be an ordained priest; to have taken the holy orders, the sacrament to become a priest

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Meanings

verbbe in orders (highly irregular)
  1. irregularTo be an ordained priest; to have taken the holy orders, the sacrament to become a priest

    [H]e was not at all the person to knock into a gutter, for though not in orders, he had the air of being on the verge of them, and his features, as well as his clothes, had the clerical cut.

    1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, I [Uniform ed., p. 18]
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Chicago

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