单词 | ordinand |
释义 | ordinandn. Christian Church. A person who is about to be ordained; a candidate for ordination. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > ordination > [noun] > candidate for intrant1628 probationer1645 postulant1733 ordinand1842 si quis1864 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 854/2 Ordinand in Ecclesiastical Antiquities, one about to receive orders. 1885 R. W. Dixon Hist. Church Eng. III. 191 The only dress prescribed to the ordinands. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 854/2 The ordination of subdeacons, when the bishop lays the vestment on the ordinand's head with the words, ‘Take the amice, which symbolizes discipline over the tongue, &c.’ 1965 Soviet Stud. 16 278 Two seminaries have been closed... This is not due to a shortage of ordinands, for there have always been many candidates for each place. 1991 Classic CD Dec. 114/1 As a memorial of confident, caring, dignified liturgical procedure, it should be made a compulsory item in the pilgrim scrip of every ordinand. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1842 |
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