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- noun Plural form of
ordinand .
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Examples
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Compared to the adult Catholic population of the United States, ordinands are more likely to be of Asian or Pacific Islander background (11 percent of responding ordinands), but less likely to be Hispanic/Latino (12 percent of responding ordinands).
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Religious ordinands knew the members of their religious institute an average of six years before they entered the seminary.
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There is also a "Class of 2009 Report" (PDF), which has a bunch of data and analysis based on surveys of 310 ordinands.
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• On average, diocesan ordinands lived in the diocese or eparchy for which they will be ordained for 17 years before entering the seminary.
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• The average age of ordinands for the Class of 2009 is 36.
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• One-quarter of ordinands were born outside the United States, with the largest numbers coming from Mexico, Vietnam, Poland, and the Philippines.
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Well, feathers are not vestments, ordinands are not birds and it's the chickens, really, who most desperately cling to the arguments against ordaining women.
Michele Somerville: Pentecost: The Flaming Dove Of Upper Room Roman Catholicism Michele Somerville 2011
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Well, feathers are not vestments, ordinands are not birds and it's the chickens, really, who most desperately cling to the arguments against ordaining women.
Michele Somerville: Pentecost: The Flaming Dove Of Upper Room Roman Catholicism Michele Somerville 2011
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Religious ordinands are slightly more likely than diocesan ordinands to be foreign-born.
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Compared to diocesan ordinands, religious ordinands are less likely to report their race or ethnicity as Caucasian/European American/white.
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