one of the persons of the holy Trinity. See Trinity.

Order of the Holy Ghost, the principal military order in France, instituted by Henry III. in 1569. It consists of 100 knights, who are to make proof of their nobility for three descents. The king is the grand-master or sovereign; and as such takes an oath on his coronation-day to maintain the dignity of the order.

The knights wear a golden cross, hung about their necks by a blue silk ribbon or collar. But before they receive the order of the Holy-Ghost, that of St Michael is conferred as a necessary degree; and for this reason their arms are surrounded with a double collar.