ordained
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“It worked pretty well,” Mac Davis, one of the founders, who is also an ordained Buddhist monk, told me on a video call.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026
A gifted public speaker, the ordained minister was known for fiery rhetoric, often advocating for the interests of working people, especially minorities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
One of the protesters who was arrested for disrupting the service at Cities Church is herself an ordained minister.
From Salon • Jan. 26, 2026
Coming just over three decades after the first women priests were ordained in the Church of England, it seems a natural development.
From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025
Lopsang Jangbu’s father, Ngawang Sya Kya—an ordained lama—burned juniper incense and chanted Buddhist scripture beneath a metallic gray sky.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing ordained
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act IV
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