ordainer

A noun referring to a cleric who admits someone to holy orders, performing the act of ordination.

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1. A cleric who ordains C2 formal

   A religious official, such as a bishop, who has the authority to admit someone to holy orders or to perform the ceremony of ordination.

   • The ordainer performed the ceremony with great solemnity.
   • Only a bishop can act as an ordainer in the Catholic Church.
   • The ordainer laid his hands on the candidate's head during the ritual.

   🌐الأسقف الذي يرسّم

• ordainers plural form
• ordainers' possessive plural form
• ordainer's possessive singular form