He took holy orders in 1935.

他于1935年担任圣职。

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This was a time when permanent fellows of a Cambridge college had to be unmarried, celibate and take holy orders.

在这个时代，剑桥大学的终身教授必须保持未婚，独身禁欲并且担任圣职。

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Newton could not be Master of Trinity because he was a Unitarian and so not in Holy Orders.

牛顿不能做三一学院的教师，因为作为一名一神论者，他不能被授予神职。

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It was akin to taking holy orders, but the school St.

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It is often hard for them to imagine a life outside holy orders, which could be their fate if they alienated the bishop who has a hold over their salary, pension and private life.

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Perhaps in the next few years, in the grand tradition of his own order, the Jesuits, Pope Francis will inspire a new generation of seminarians to go into the sciences before they take their Holy Orders.

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