ordained
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“I don’t understand how as a pastor, he thinks that that’s acceptable,” Levy Armstrong, also an ordained reverend, said in a Washington Post interview Monday.
From Salon • Jan. 20, 2026
He says, “I’ve said nothing new that I have not said in 35 years of ordained ministry.”
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026
"I had a wonderful letter from an ordained woman who said the announcement of my appointment was the first time that she felt affirmed as a priest," she told BBC Radio 4.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025
He was ordained as a priest in 1994.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
An ordained priest now, he presented a dignified, benevolent figure, but by the second hour of the reception it was clear he was crushed.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
![]()
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.