ordenahan
ordenahán with stress marks
to ordain [someone]
From root: ordena
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
inordenahan
i-nor-de-na-HAN
ordained
Present (Incomplete)
inoordenahan
i-no-or-de-na-HAN
is being ordained
Future (Contemplated)
oordenahan
o-or-de-na-HAN
will be ordained
Usage Note
Ordenahan is the object-focus -an infinitive of ordena, used in Catholic sacramental contexts where the person receiving ordination — deacon, priest, or bishop — is the grammatical topic. It is exclusively ecclesiastical in register and rarely encountered outside church settings. The actor-focus counterpart is mag-ordena.
Examples
" Ordenahan na ang diyakono. "
Natural Translation
Let the deacon be ordained now.
Literal Translation
Ordain now the deacon.
" Handa na ordenahan ang bagong pari sa katedral. "
Natural Translation
They are ready to ordain the new priest at the cathedral.
Literal Translation
Ready to ordain the new priest at cathedral.
" Matagal nang inihanda ang binatang ito upang ordenahan bilang pari sa harap ng buong kongregasyon na dumalo sa katedral. "
Natural Translation
This young man has long been prepared to be ordained as a priest before the entire congregation that gathered at the cathedral.
Literal Translation
Long already prepared the young-man this so-that to-ordain as priest in front of whole congregation that attended at cathedral.
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