ordinant
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Sentences with the word ordinant
L'évèque impose ses mains sur la tête des ordinants à genoux.Ouest-France, Marc ANDERSSON, 14/11/2016
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Dictionnaire universel de Furetière (1690)
Historical definition of ORDINANT s. m.
Evêque ou Prelat qui donne les Ordres. L'Ordinant doit dire la Messe, faire telles & telles ceremonies suivant les Ordres qu'il confere. ORDINANT, se dit de celuy qui aspire à recevoir les Ordres, ou qui les reçoit. On a commis tels & tels Docteurs pour examiner les Ordinants.
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