minor orders

plural noun

1. See major orders
   RC Church the four lower degrees of holy orders, namely porter, exorcist, lector, and acolyte Compare major orders

Example Sentences

He was followed in 1716 by M. Jean Jacques Talbot, a cleric in minor orders, who taught for about forty years.

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In January he had been made (while yet in minor orders) chaplain of the lady-chapel in the parish church at Rheims.

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He received the tonsure and the minor orders at the age of seventeen.

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The vicars choral either now or later had dwindled down to six, and seem to have been only in minor orders.

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There were also some minor orders of friars, who do not need a detailed description.

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