ordained
adjective
having been invested with ministerial, priestly, or rabbinical functions.
self-ordained
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a word derived from
ordained.
Example Sentences
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Posse Comitatus founder William Potter Gale was a self-ordained minister who called on sheriffs to supersede federal agencies and serve as quasi-vigilantes, primarily to resist school desegregation.
From Salon ● Jan. 13, 2023
Of late, however, the self-ordained "rock-'n'-roll animal" has spruced up considerably, put on some weight and diminished his waning-moon pallor.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cinema spoof British-style keeps searching farther and wider for ideas, and audiences have only to consult the credits for proof: this film was based on a conceit of that self-ordained iconoclast, Malcolm Muggeridge.
From Time Magazine Archive
She was self-ordained a Sister of Mercy, or, we may rather say, the world's heavy hand had so ordained her, when neither the world nor she looked forward to this result.
From The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Dad," said he, after Mimi had gone through her self-ordained martyrdom and left the room.
From Mr. Prohack by Arnold Bennett
