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ordained

[awr-deynd] / ɔrˈdeɪnd /
ADJECTIVE
ordered
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ADJECTIVE
invested into the ministry
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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

His wife Oluremi is a Christian who is an ordained pastor.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a prominent civil rights activist, ordained minister and the first Black American to receive significant traction in a campaign for president, died Tuesday at 84.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2026

He was ordained as a priest in 1994.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 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




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