John Taylor, an unordained pastor working at a Bible Society shantytown, accompanied them and was appointed by the government as their agent.
That is at least partly because in the earlier Middle Ages literacy was largely a prerogative of the Church - including not only the clergy of all ranks but many unordained monks and nuns.
One unordained woman minister expressed gratitude that she had never been ordained.
On such occasions my unease has been all the more apparent because these unordained ministers do not share it.
Unprecedented numbers were joining the ranks of the church's vowed celibates (priests, unordained brothers and nuns) to staff this vast infrastructure.
Definition of unordained in US English:
unordained
adjectiveˌənɔrˈdeɪndˌənôrˈdānd
Not having been ordained as a priest or minister.
未被任命为牧师(或传教士)的
they are as ardent as any unordained Christian
Example sentencesExamples
One unordained woman minister expressed gratitude that she had never been ordained.
On such occasions my unease has been all the more apparent because these unordained ministers do not share it.
John Taylor, an unordained pastor working at a Bible Society shantytown, accompanied them and was appointed by the government as their agent.
That is at least partly because in the earlier Middle Ages literacy was largely a prerogative of the Church - including not only the clergy of all ranks but many unordained monks and nuns.
Unprecedented numbers were joining the ranks of the church's vowed celibates (priests, unordained brothers and nuns) to staff this vast infrastructure.