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unorˈdained, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
†1. Not regulated or controlled. Obs.—1
c1340Hampole Prose Tr. 13 Þe delyte þat has noghte of vnordaynde styrrynge, and mekely has styrrynge in Criste.
2. Not ecclesiastically ordained.
1653Baxter Chr. Concord 84 They are bound to choose a man unordained to this work. a1691― in Calamy Life vii. (1702) 131 There is a Duty in such a Case of Necessity, even on Persons unordain'd. 1804Ann. Rev. II. 208 The distinction between ordained and unordained preachers. 1865S. Wilberforce in R. G. Wilberforce Life (1882) III. 166 Brotherhoods of unordained men not in Holy Orders.
3. Not appointed or decreed.
1815Wordsw. Ode 63 Be it not unordained that solemn rites..Shall be performed at pregnant intervals. |