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or⋅di⋅nand

  [awr-dn-and]
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–noun
Ecclesiastical. a candidate for ordination.
Origin:
1835–45; < LL ordinandus, gerundive of ordināre to ordain
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or·di·nand   (ôr'dn-ānd)   
n.   Ecclesiastical
A person who is a candidate for ordination.

[From Latin ōrdinandus, gerundive of ōrdināre, to set in place, appoint; see ordinate.]
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