Home › Words › O › ordinandordinand/ˈɔɹdɪnænd/ordinand means A candidate for ordination.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, ordinand ranks #6,595 of 42,752 for Qualifying.ordinand is pronounced /ˈɔɹdɪnænd/.EtymologyFrom Latin ordinandus (“(the one) to be ordained”).nounA candidate for ordination.e.g.“I didn’t go to a seminary with a lovely chapel. I didn’t spend all my time as an ordinand swanning around in vestments.” — 2016 May 2, Kelvin Holdsworth, “The Seven Actual Marks of Mission”, in Thurible.net, archived from the original on 06 May 2016:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).