Due
Due adjective - Having reached the date at which payment is required.
Ordained
Ordained adjective - Fixed or established especially by order or command.
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Synonyms for Ordained
Due and ordained are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Due" instead an adjective "Ordained".
Nearby Word: ordaining
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Due to the fact that he was never formally installed (and in fact, as a priest, had not even been ordained a Bishop), this causes a bit of a problem over whether he actually was officially Pope or not, and so depending on whose count you use, Pope Francis is either the 266th or 267th Bishop of Rome.
Source: Useful Notes / The Pope
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