ordained
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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
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 studied history and theology at Cambridge and then headed to theological college with the aim of being ordained as a clergyman before he - and the church - had second thoughts.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026
He says, “I’ve said nothing new that I have not said in 35 years of ordained ministry.”
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026
It was a condition of nearly all Oxford and Cambridge fellowships that the holder was ordained, so nearly every academic in England was a clergyman.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing ordained
"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act IV
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