co-ordainv.
/kəʊɔːˈdeɪn/ rare.
transitive. To ordain together.
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a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1683) II. iii. 114 So must Christ be [the end] of all the Creatures appointed and co-ordained with him.
1832 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) II. 40 The Saint-Simonian term is ‘co-ordain’; men have not discovered aright, because nobody would ‘co-ordain’ for them beforehand. And ‘co-ordain’ means to command.
Derivatives
co-orˈdainer n. one who takes part in ordaining.
ΚΠ
1644 C. Jessop Angel Church of Ephesus 52 Those which were Co-ordainers with the Bishop.
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