Definition of unordained in English:
unordained
adjective ʌnɔːˈdeɪndˌənɔrˈdeɪnd
Not having been ordained as a priest or minister.
they are as ardent as any unordained Christian
Example sentencesExamples
- John Taylor, an unordained pastor working at a Bible Society shantytown, accompanied them and was appointed by the government as their agent.
- That is at least partly because in the earlier Middle Ages literacy was largely a prerogative of the Church - including not only the clergy of all ranks but many unordained monks and nuns.
- One unordained woman minister expressed gratitude that she had never been ordained.
- On such occasions my unease has been all the more apparent because these unordained ministers do not share it.
- Unprecedented numbers were joining the ranks of the church's vowed celibates (priests, unordained brothers and nuns) to staff this vast infrastructure.
Definition of unordained in US English:
unordained
adjectiveˌənɔrˈdeɪndˌənôrˈdānd
Not having been ordained as a priest or minister.
they are as ardent as any unordained Christian
Example sentencesExamples
- One unordained woman minister expressed gratitude that she had never been ordained.
- On such occasions my unease has been all the more apparent because these unordained ministers do not share it.
- John Taylor, an unordained pastor working at a Bible Society shantytown, accompanied them and was appointed by the government as their agent.
- That is at least partly because in the earlier Middle Ages literacy was largely a prerogative of the Church - including not only the clergy of all ranks but many unordained monks and nuns.
- Unprecedented numbers were joining the ranks of the church's vowed celibates (priests, unordained brothers and nuns) to staff this vast infrastructure.