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ordain
[awr-deyn]
verb (used with object)
to invest with ministerial, priestly, or rabbinical functions.
to enact or establish by law, edict, etc..
to ordain a new type of government.
to decree; give orders for.
He ordained that the restrictions were to be lifted.
Synonyms: , ,(of God, fate, etc.) to destine or predestine.
Fate had ordained the meeting.
Synonyms:
verb (used without object)
to order or command.
Thus do the gods ordain.
to select for or appoint to an office.
to invest someone with sacerdotal functions.
ordain
/ ɔːˈɪ /
verb
to consecrate (someone) as a priest; confer holy orders upon
(may take a clause as object) to decree, appoint, or predestine irrevocably
(may take a clause as object) to order, establish, or enact with authority
obsoleteto select for an office
Other 51Թ Forms
- ordainable adjective
- ordainer noun
- ordainment noun
- reordain verb (used with object)
- self-ordainer noun
- superordain verb (used without object)
- unordainable adjective
- ǰˈ岹ԳԳ noun
- ǰˈ岹Ա noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ordain1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ordain1
Example Sentences
"I've been trying for years to have him defrocked and that is because he can only be defrocked either where he was ordained, which was in Thailand, or by the Vatican," Ms MacPherson said.
Her song “Om Supreme” describes the sense of being ordained to reunite in California, as if this would be the site of their shared reincarnation.
Theoretically, any baptised man can be elected as pope, but a cardinal, all of whom are serving archbishops ordained by a pontiff, is usually picked.
All men, they are appointed directly by the Pope, and are usually ordained bishops.
He retired from boxing aged 28 and became an ordained minister.
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