English Dictionary

be in orders

動詞

不規則変化

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

日本語の意味

聖職に就く、もしくは司祭に叙任されること

He never expected to be in orders, but after years of discernment he embraced his calling and became a parish priest.

彼は司祭に叙階されるとは思っていなかったが、何年もの熟考を経て自分の召命を受け入れ、教区の司祭になった。

意味（1）

To 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.