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unordained /ʌnɔːˈdeɪnd /adjectiveNot having been ordained as a priest or minister: they are as ardent as any unordained Christian...- On such occasions my unease has been all the more apparent because these unordained ministers do not share it.
- One unordained woman minister expressed gratitude that she had never been ordained.
- Unprecedented numbers were joining the ranks of the church's vowed celibates (priests, unordained brothers and nuns) to staff this vast infrastructure.
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