Edwardine

English

Etymology

From Edward +‎ -ine after King Edward VI, during whose reign the ordinal was written and first promulgated.

Adjective

Edwardine (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the ordinal written by Thomas Cranmer in 1552 and the clergy who were ordained using this ordinal.
   • 1897, Arthur Lowndes, Vindication of Anglican Orders - Volume 1, page 71:

     As to the number of Edwardine clergy who were left in possession during the whole of Mary's reign, or till their death, and were not reordained, six such cases are given.

   • 1908, Frederick William Puller, The Bull Apostolicae Curae and the Edwardine Ordinal, page 23:

     And first of all it is necessary to remember that the main difference between the second Edwardine Ordinal and the Ordinal as we find it now in our Prayer-books lies in the wording of the imperative formula which is repeated by the ordaining bishop, or by the principal ordaining bishop, during the laying-on of hands.

   • 1937, Ernest Charles Messenger, The Reformation:

     He had been ordained Edwardine deacon and priest by Bishop King at Oxford, on March 22nd, 1550, and April 6th, 1550, respectively.