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[awr-deyn] / ɔrˈdeɪn /


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The groom’s mother is a founder and a member of the executive board of Ordain Women, an organization that works for the ordination of women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2018

Dehlin said the letter he received also cites his support of Kelly's group, Ordain Women, and his criticism of the church's lack of transparency about finances.

From US News • Jan. 15, 2015

In 2013 Kelly founded a group called Ordain Women which has pressed for gender equality and urged Mormon leaders to seek spiritual direction from God on the issue of ordination.

From Reuters • Jun. 25, 2014

Last year, Kelly helped found Ordain Women, a group that seeks gender equality and women's ordination to the priesthood.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2014

Ordain we then two sorrows to combine, And in one point the extremes of grief to join; That thence resulting joy may be renew'd, As jarring notes in harmony conclude.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845 by Various




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