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His grandfather, Rabbi Alexander Shapiro, served as president of the Rabbinical Assembly in the 1980s and was instrumental in the decision to allow the ordination of women.
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Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
All of this was coming on the heels, frankly, of the churches’ ordination of women.
—Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 10 June 2025
Also during the conclave, advocates for women’s ordination set off pink smoke flares over the Vatican to protest their exclusion from the priesthood and the election process.
—Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
When Pope Francis convened Roman Catholic bishops at the Vatican in 2019 to discuss the ordination of married men in remote parts of South America, the meeting raised expectations about the possibility of revolutionizing the celibate priesthood.
—Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
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Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
All of this was coming on the heels, frankly, of the churches’ ordination of women.
—Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 10 June 2025
Also during the conclave, advocates for women’s ordination set off pink smoke flares over the Vatican to protest their exclusion from the priesthood and the election process.
—Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025
When Pope Francis convened Roman Catholic bishops at the Vatican in 2019 to discuss the ordination of married men in remote parts of South America, the meeting raised expectations about the possibility of revolutionizing the celibate priesthood.
—Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ordination
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For more information on what features to look for, visit the induction burner buying guide at BestReviews.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
29 Sep. 2025
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Even decades after his death in 1997, Biggie’s cultural impact continues to grow, cemented by his 2020 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.—
Christopher Claxton,
Billboard,
26 Sep. 2025
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According to Evers' order, the American flag and the Wisconsin state flag will fly at half-staff at all buildings, grounds and military installations belonging to the state of Wisconsin.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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The MasterFrame 600’s factory configuration uses the power supply mounting flange to close off the bottom of the expansion slot panel, so its installation kit includes an adapter plate to close off the same area whenever a builder decides to instead mount its power supply above the motherboard.—
Thomas Soderstrom,
PC Magazine,
4 Oct. 2025
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The Bank of Japan has commenced with tapering, incrementally selling off its huge investments in ETFs that primed the stock market under Abe, and is signaling incremental interest rate increases.—
Jeff Kingston,
Time,
4 Oct. 2025
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The new spending reflects efforts by Chief Executive Officer Antonio Filosa, who was appointed to the top job in May, to recalibrate investments across regions, the people said.—
Gabrielle Coppola,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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The King hosted an investiture ceremony for Manfred Goldberg, honoring him for his Holocaust education efforts.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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My family came to Washington for my investiture ceremony.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
13 Aug. 2025
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With the ending of placements at the Civic and city-funded rooms in other CoLEAD shelters, safety ambassadors who were paid to quell the violence on Third Avenue turned to other shelter organizations.—
Ashley Hiruko,
ProPublica,
6 Oct. 2025
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In beauty, formulation and format are just as important as placement.—
Essence,
Essence,
6 Oct. 2025
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Bad Bunny’s fame was growing ever more mainstream in the years before his Super Bowl anointment.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
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Through Congressional authorization, President Calvin Coolidge was featured on the 1926 Sesquicentennial of American Independence Half Dollar alongside George Washington.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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Roberts has not had lawful employment authorization since December 2020, according to the complaint.—
Alexander Mallin,
ABC News,
2 Oct. 2025
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Hundreds of thousands of the paper’s readers abandoned it last year when Bezos decided not to endorse in the presidential election and to overhaul the opinion section.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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From coverage of the Tennessee Three expulsion votes to the mayoral election and local development, we are deeply invested in the stories that shape our region.—
Nashville Tennessean,
Nashville Tennessean,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Ordination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordination. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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