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By 1984, Christian Today magazine reported, the convention had ordained more than 200 women.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2023

The Church of Scotland has had ordained female ministers since the 1960s.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 5, 2023

Providence, they said, had ordained that the city should be built here, now.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 19, 2017

In September 1976, Bhumibol allowed Thanom to return to Thailand, even visiting him with Sirikit in Wat Bovornives—the Chakri dynasty’s personal temple—where he had ordained as a monk.

From Time • Oct. 13, 2016

Ah, who can say Whether there dropped by some too careless hand, Or whether there cast when Ocean swept the Land, Ere the Eternal had ordained the day?

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 by Various