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ordained

[awr-deynd] / ɔrˈdeɪnd /
ADJECTIVE
ordered
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ADJECTIVE
invested into the ministry
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“It worked pretty well,” Mac Davis, one of the founders, who is also an ordained Buddhist monk, told me on a video call.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

She was still performing that role when she was ordained as a priest in 2002 and became the first female Bishop of London in 2018.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

One of the protesters who was arrested for disrupting the service at Cities Church is herself an ordained minister.

From Salon • Jan. 26, 2026

He was ordained as a priest in 1994.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

If he was ordained, he would defy the edict, invoking the tenth commandment, which clearly said he was beholden to no laws beyond the ten—including any edicts levied by the Scythedom.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman




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