had been ordaining

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of ordain.
  ordain

  verb (used with object)

  to invest with ministerial, priestly, or rabbinical functions.

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• anoint
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