ordinand
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of ordinand
1835–45; < Late Latin ordinandus, gerundive of ordināre to ordain
Example Sentences
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One person present at the service told BBC News it was led by an ordinand - a trainee priest - rather than a licensed minister.
From BBC
Younger ordinands are often more attracted by inner-city parishes or ones in more deprived areas; few have the once common aspiration to settle down as a vicar in a leafy suburb or village.
From Economist
Making it a priority to nurture Welsh-speaking ordinands in the church.
From BBC
The newspapers report, with no expressions of astonishment, the paradoxical scene at the railway station at Pisa, where the Italian socialists cheered the young ordinands who were rejoining their regiments, all singing the Marseillaise together.
From Project Gutenberg
They are authorized to ordain the presbyters and deacons; they examine the spiritual condition of the ordinands; and, above all, they are called to act as "intercessors in the Church of God."
From Project Gutenberg
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