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Definition of Ordained
1. Adjective. Fixed or established especially by order or command. "At the time appointed (or the appointed time"
2. Adjective. Invested with ministerial or priestly functions. "An ordained priest"
Definition of Ordained
1. Adjective. Established by authority. ¹
2. Adjective. Admitted to the ministry of the church. ¹
3. Verb. (past of ordain) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ordained
1. ordain [v] - See also: ordain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ordained
Literary usage of Ordained
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"He studied at the English College at Reims, and was ordained there in September,
... Born in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, in 1846, he was ordained, ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"He was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge (BA, 1881), and was ordered deacon in
1883 and ordained priest in the following year. He was curate of St. John's, ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Bishop O'Connell was bom in June, 1815, at Kingscourt, in the Diocese of Meath,
Ireland; he studied and was ordained in St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"He was ordained there by Cardinal Morlot in 1861, and returned to California.
Father Manogue was sent to work in the territory of Nevada about 1864. ..."