ordained

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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

His wife Oluremi is a Christian who is an ordained pastor.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

A gifted public speaker, the ordained minister was known for fiery rhetoric, often advocating for the interests of working people, especially minorities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a prominent civil rights activist, ordained minister and the first Black American to receive significant traction in a campaign for president, died Tuesday at 84.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2026

He was newly ordained, waiting to be assigned a parish, he told us.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie