Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A person who is a candidate for ordination.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One about to be ordained or to receive orders.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One about to be ordained.

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  • noun A candidate for ordination

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person being ordained

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Latin ōrdinandus, gerundive of ōrdināre, to set in place, appoint; see ordinate.]

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Examples

  • The deliverance ministry has grown considerably in England, in recent decades, both among laity (as in the deliverance ministry support group I belong to, in my diocese) and among clergy (dioceses now have deliverance teams, and deliverance training, I understand, is returning to ordinand training programmes).

    Devilish deception « Anglican Samizdat 2009

  • For others such as Kat Campion-Spall – a 33-year-old ordinand who will be priested this September and who has argued for the Code of Practice at Synod – the issue is one of the church's credibility.

    Should women ever be bishops? 2010

  • What then worst for you, who then of it fishery ordinand.

    Berkeley Stations 2010

  • The other ordinand, Deacon Eloi Gillet, will be serving with the Missionary Society of Divine Mercy, which runs the personal parish for the TLM in the same diocese St. Francois de Paule.

    Archive 2009-08-01 2009

  • The other ordinand, Deacon Eloi Gillet, will be serving with the Missionary Society of Divine Mercy, which runs the personal parish for the TLM in the same diocese St. Francois de Paule.

    Of note from Frejus-Toulon 2009

  • This sets a fascinating precedent: a resurgence of the Latin liturgyical tradition controlled by the ordinand.

    Of note from Frejus-Toulon 2009

  • The youngest ordinand in the class is 25; the oldest, 66.

    Ethnic diversity apparent in new priests ordination class | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009

  • All are seated except the ordinand, who stands before the Bishop.

    Continuity and Fidelity Fr Timothy Matkin 2008

  • All are seated except the ordinand, who stands before the Bishop.

    Archive 2008-03-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2008

  • The ringleader was taken prisoner, an ordinand by the rank of captain and the name of Beron.

    Spirit Gate 2006

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