ordinariate
Americannoun
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Origin of ordinariate
Example Sentences
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Unmarried Anglican priests who join the ordinariate will not be allowed to marry later on.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2012
Catholic leaders said they did not believe that the presence of married priests, most of whom will work in the parallel system of the ordinariate, would sow discord within the church.
From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2012
They relinquish their present post, a very big thing, leaving some of their people which brings heartache, into a fairly unknown future, as this ordinariate has only just been brought up.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2011
They became the founding members of the world's first ordinariate, a Church subdivision proposed by the pope in 2009 to let traditionalists convert while keeping some Anglican traditions.
From Reuters ● Jan. 15, 2011
They plan to join the special "ordinariate" for former Anglicans within the Roman Catholic church.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2011
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