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Use "ordainers" in a sentence
"Thus, even if the Mulasarvastivada bhikshuni ordination is restarted without the brahmacharya ordination beforehand and is performed only by bhikshus, the ordination is valid and the infraction of the ordainers is a small price to pay for reinstating the ordination."
"The Mulasarvastivada Vinaya specifies many such cases in which alternative methods by which bhikshuni and bhikshu ordination may be validly conferred, but which entail minor infractions for the ordainers."
"Even if bhikshunis are ordained without brahmacharya ordination first, Buddha said the ordination is valid, although the ordainers incur a minor infraction."