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单词 ordinand
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Definition of ordinand in English:

ordinand

noun ˈɔːdɪnandˈɔrdəˌnænd
  • A person who is training to be ordained as a priest or minister.

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    Example sentencesExamples
    • Her priests and ordinands are fallible human beings, but they are serious about their faith and committed to their calling.
    • Its resident priests and ordinands are surely not exemplars of unalloyed virtue; indeed, they all have reason for committing the murders.
    • He pointed out that women would soon outnumber men as ordinands.
    • Bishop Clarke explained that throughout the Church of Ireland there is a shortage of ordained clergy and of ordinands.
    • And most of the ordinands are facing the altar, either standing, or crouching down with their forehead touching the ground in a full bow.
    • Some evangelical ordinands are questioning whether they can in good conscience go forward to ordination in the current crisis.
    • The ‘reality’ about the Church is that it last year ordained 569 new deacons - 50 per cent more than four years ago - and that today there are more than 1,600 ordinands in training, it says.
    • As it happens, in 1978 only 15 percent of ordinands were female; by 1984 that had doubled to over 30 percent.
    • As one of my characters says, these may be priests and ordinands, but they are still men.
    • Jeff Rawle, star of Drop The Dead Donkey and I Saw You, plays the pernickety Father Peregrine, and Jesse Spencer is the handsome young ordinand Raphael.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Latin ordinandus, gerundive of ordinare 'put in order' (see ordain).

Definition of ordinand in US English:

ordinand

nounˈɔrdəˌnændˈôrdəˌnand
  • A candidate for ordination.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As one of my characters says, these may be priests and ordinands, but they are still men.
    • The ‘reality’ about the Church is that it last year ordained 569 new deacons - 50 per cent more than four years ago - and that today there are more than 1,600 ordinands in training, it says.
    • Its resident priests and ordinands are surely not exemplars of unalloyed virtue; indeed, they all have reason for committing the murders.
    • As it happens, in 1978 only 15 percent of ordinands were female; by 1984 that had doubled to over 30 percent.
    • Bishop Clarke explained that throughout the Church of Ireland there is a shortage of ordained clergy and of ordinands.
    • Jeff Rawle, star of Drop The Dead Donkey and I Saw You, plays the pernickety Father Peregrine, and Jesse Spencer is the handsome young ordinand Raphael.
    • Some evangelical ordinands are questioning whether they can in good conscience go forward to ordination in the current crisis.
    • And most of the ordinands are facing the altar, either standing, or crouching down with their forehead touching the ground in a full bow.
    • He pointed out that women would soon outnumber men as ordinands.
    • Her priests and ordinands are fallible human beings, but they are serious about their faith and committed to their calling.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Latin ordinandus, gerundive of ordinare ‘put in order’ (see ordain).

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