noun
definition
A candidate for ordination
Examples of ordinand in a Sentence
This ceased at Rome at the same time as the apparel disappeared; but two relics of it survive - (I) in the directions of the Missal for putting on the amice, (2) in the ordination of subdeacons, when the bishop lays the vestment on the ordinand's head with the words, "Take the amice, which symbolizes discipline over the tongue, &c."
How does a person from overseas become an ordinand in the Church of England?
This question is put into sharp focus when we consider what advice we would give to a prospective ordinand in the current situation.
These are taken from the various schools of interpretation mentioned above, and are now formulated in the words used by the bishop when, in ordaining to any office, he places the vestment on the ordinand with the appropriate words, e.g.