How to Use ordain in a Sentence

ordain

verb

• The process was ordained by law.
• She is an ordained minister.
• The 25-year-old was ordained as a priest the day before.
  — Associated Press, Washington Post, 28 May 2017
• Driscoll was born in Long Beach, Calif., and was ordained as a priest in 1965.
  — Michael Katz and Nicole Blanchard, idahostatesman, 24 Oct. 2017
• To be fair, maybe the ordained don’t have too many chances to hone their dating skills.
  — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 18 May 2024
• Then, as if ordained, Springer struck first for the Astros with a solo homer in the third.
  — Mark Collette, Houston Chronicle, 31 Oct. 2017
• Holy Land The first female pastor was ordained in the Holy Land.
  — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Feb. 2023
• Haight was ordained in 1976 and spent the rest of his career in the Albany diocese.
  — Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2023
• For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
  — Michael Harriot, The Root, 15 June 2018
• Hart was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Kansas City-St.
  — Judy L. Thomas, kansascity, 3 July 2018
• The members of the quorum ordained and set him apart as president of the Church.
  — Glenna Christensen, idahostatesman, 19 Jan. 2018
• This spring, nine men were ordained to the priesthood in Milwaukee, the most since 1992.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 9 June 2024
• Flynn was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Albany in 1960.
  — Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, 30 Sep. 2019
• But Lambert Nieme and the six other men who will be ordained have been passed all of those tests.
  — Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2018
• Deacons are ordained ministers of the church and can fulfill some, but not all, of the roles a priest may fill.
  — Fox News, 27 Oct. 2019
• Women cannot be ordained as deacons, priests or bishops in the Catholic Church.
  — Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2023
• Any man could do it, ordained or not, as long as the baptism was full immersion.
  — Jamie Quatro, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
• Dorwart was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1980.
  — Jeanette Steele, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 Sep. 2017
• In 1836, Smith ordained Elijah Abel, a Black man, to the priesthood office of elder.
  — Mica McGriggs, Teen Vogue, 11 July 2018
• For them the flooding was ordained by God, a sign that they were vindicated in a running feud with the team.
  — Ismail Muhammad, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
• Its president is ordained not only as the one true living prophet for the church, but for the entire world.
  — Eric Armstrong, New Republic, 12 Jan. 2018
• He had been ordained as a Greek Orthodox priest on Oct. 1, about a week before.
  — David Anderson, The Aegis, 16 June 2018
• Only question is whether the new, bad rules are ordained by Hasbro.
  — Chris Kohler, WIRED, 6 May 2010
• At least 12 of those priests were either ordained or later became part of the diocese.
  — Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2024
• The faithful — lay and ordained alike — must take on the challenge of holding these two truths together.
  — Kayla Bartsch, National Review, 20 Dec. 2023
• Days before the midterms, the DeSantis campaign released a video that cast his rise as ordained from on high.
  — Jonathan Swan, New York Times, 13 May 2023
• Yes, that’s where God commands the blessing, ordains eternal life.
  — Claudia Harmata, PEOPLE.com, 8 Oct. 2019
• Bishop Jenik, born in Manhattan, was ordained a priest in 1970.
  — WSJ, 31 Oct. 2018
• In 1972, at the age of twenty-seven, Ciotti was ordained by Michele Pellegrino, a left-wing cardinal.
  — D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
• The women part of this movement are ordaining themselves in direct defiance of the Vatican.
  — Lisa Ling, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024