ordained
adjective
having been invested with ministerial, priestly, or rabbinical functions.
unordained
-
a word derived from
ordained.
Example Sentences
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An unordained tattoo artist applies ink with a thin metal needle.Credit...
From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2021
The House of Laity comprises of unordained members of the church who are indirectly elected every 5 years.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 4, 2020
Pope Pius IX selected the last unordained cardinal, in 1858, an Italian lawyer named Teodolfo Mertel.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 28, 2018
A self-described "catalyst for God," the ebullient, unordained born-again Christian minister suffered a severe depression in the late '50s after the births of her four children and a car accident.
From Time Magazine Archive
This concept of the complementary relationship between the ordained and the unordained should inform the church’s gathered life.
From Herein is Love A Study of the Biblical Doctrine of Love in Its Bearing on Personality, Parenthood, Teaching, and All Other Human Relationships. by Reuel L. Howe
