Ordinand
/ˈɔɹdɪnænd/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A candidate for ordination.
"I didn’t go to a seminary with a lovely chapel. I didn’t spend all my time as an ordinand swanning around in vestments."
- 2 a person being ordained wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"I didn’t go to a seminary with a lovely chapel. I didn’t spend all my time as an ordinand swanning around in vestments."
Etymology
From Latin ordinandus (“(the one) to be ordained”).