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ORDAINER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ordainer mean?
• ORDAINER (noun)
The noun ORDAINER has 1 sense:
1. a cleric who ordains; a cleric who admits someone to holy orders
Familiarity information: ORDAINER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cleric who ordains; a cleric who admits someone to holy orders
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("ordainer" is a kind of...):
churchman; cleric; divine; ecclesiastic (a clergyman or other person in religious orders)
Derivation:
ordain (appoint to a clerical posts)
ordain (invest with ministerial or priestly authority)
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