consecrated, ordained.

also absol., one in holy orders.

Christian Church. The rank, status, or position of a member of the clergy or ordained minister of the Church. Now always in plural (frequently as h…

In holy orders; ordained. Also: belonging to a religious order. Occasionally as n.: ordained persons as a class. Obsolete.

That has been ordained. Used esp. with reference to the conferring of holy orders: see ordain, v. 9. Also as n. (with the).

Ordained; admitted to holy orders, or into a religious order or fraternity.

Dedicated to a sacred purpose; made sacred; hallowed, sanctified.