be ordained

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Rudisill said the decision forced him to give up his plan to attend Yale Divinity School, be ordained as an Episcopal priest and reenter the Army as a chaplain.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 16, 2024

“At the time we honestly thought women would be ordained within five years.”

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2023

They should also reflect on how to give women more decision-making power and allowing them to be ordained deacons, it said.

From Reuters • Jun. 20, 2023

The pope established a commission in 2016 to study whether women should be ordained as deacons, but he has been clear that he believes they can never enter the priesthood.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2023

Then, at Winter Conclave, your friend Rowan shall be ordained, and, as has already been stipulated, he shall glean you.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman