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Definition of minor orders in English: minor ordersplural noun historical The formal grades of Catholic or Orthodox clergy below the rank of deacon (most now discontinued) 〈主史〉小品，次级神品（天主教、东正教低于助祭级别的神职人员的品位） Example sentencesExamples - In 1765, when he was 16, he took minor orders, and some eight years later was ordained as a priest.
- Church wealth in the Gaelic lordships was dominated by the system of coarbs and erenaghs, hereditary holders of rights in church lands, who might be in minor orders, but might equally be laypeople.
- Immediately after his wife's death he took minor orders as a step towards entering the priesthood, and was awarded a benefice.
- The six clergy in the foreground - two bishops, two priests, and two clerks in minor orders, are outnumbered by 15 lay people, men, women and children, who cluster round them and enjoy an unhindered view of the saint's ‘uncorrupted flesh’.
- The Church has tried to cope by naming lay deacons, exclusively male, who take minor orders and help the priest.
Definition of minor orders in US English: minor ordersplural noun historical The formal grades of Catholic or Orthodox clergy below the rank of deacon (most now discontinued) 〈主史〉小品，次级神品（天主教、东正教低于助祭级别的神职人员的品位） Example sentencesExamples - Immediately after his wife's death he took minor orders as a step towards entering the priesthood, and was awarded a benefice.
- In 1765, when he was 16, he took minor orders, and some eight years later was ordained as a priest.
- The Church has tried to cope by naming lay deacons, exclusively male, who take minor orders and help the priest.
- The six clergy in the foreground - two bishops, two priests, and two clerks in minor orders, are outnumbered by 15 lay people, men, women and children, who cluster round them and enjoy an unhindered view of the saint's ‘uncorrupted flesh’.
- Church wealth in the Gaelic lordships was dominated by the system of coarbs and erenaghs, hereditary holders of rights in church lands, who might be in minor orders, but might equally be laypeople.
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