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ordination

[awr-dn-ey-shuhn] / ˌɔr dnˈeɪ ʃən /




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She returned to the Women’s Ordination Conference as national coordinator in 1985 and stayed for a decade before once again focusing on pursuits involving liberation theology.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2023

The US-based Women's Ordination Conference, which advocates for women priests, has called the reform "a significant crack in the stained glass ceiling".

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2023

Others were more critical, including Kate McElwee, executive director of the U.S.-based Women’s Ordination Conference, which seeks to enable women to be ordained as Catholic priests.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2022

The Women’s Ordination Conference, a Washington D.C.-based group advocating for “feminist voice for women in the Roman Catholic Church,” said it “welcomes” the commission’s formation.

From Washington Times • Apr. 8, 2020

It became therefore necessary to draw up another form for the Ordination of ministers, conceived on the same doctrinal basis as that of the Book of Common Prayer.

From Breaking with the Past Catholic Principles Abandoned at the Reformation by Farley, John Cardinal




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