VERB (2)

1. receive and be expected to follow directions or commands;
- Example: "I don't take orders from you!"

2. be ordained; enter the Christian ministry;
- Example: "She took orders last month"

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

take orders
    v 1: receive and be expected to follow directions or commands;
         "I don't take orders from you!"
    2: be ordained; enter the Christian ministry; "She took orders
       last month"