ordained
/ɔɹˈdeɪnd/ adjective C1- Established by authority.
- Admitted to the ministry of the church. · There was much pomp at the ceremony that made him an ordained minister.
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He had found the law a most unprofitable study, and was now absolutely resolved on being ordained, if I would present him to the living in question--of which he trusted there could be little doubt, as he was well assured that I had no other person to provide for, and I could not have forgotten my revered father’s intentions.
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