ordinance
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Younger ordinands are often more attracted by inner-city parishes or ones in more deprived areas; few have the once common aspiration to settle down as a vicar in a leafy suburb or village.
From Economist • Jan. 15, 2015
Making it a priority to nurture Welsh-speaking ordinands in the church.
From BBC • Jul. 20, 2012
The newspapers report, with no expressions of astonishment, the paradoxical scene at the railway station at Pisa, where the Italian socialists cheered the young ordinands who were rejoining their regiments, all singing the Marseillaise together.
From Above the Battle by Rolland, Romain
They are authorized to ordain the presbyters and deacons; they examine the spiritual condition of the ordinands; and, above all, they are called to act as "intercessors in the Church of God."
From A History of the Moravian Church by Hutton, Joseph Edmund
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