单词 | ordainment |
释义 | ordainmentn. 1. The action or fact of ordaining; appointment; authoritative order; institution; ordinance; (in later use esp.) ordination to the priesthood. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] ordainmenta1325 instituingc1380 establishingc1400 assignment1447 prefermentc1465 appointing1520 anointment1561 ordination1650 appointment1658 constitution1665 makinga1715 society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > ordinance, prescription, or appointment besight1258 ordainmenta1325 constitution1393 assignationa1400 signmentc1425 appointmentc1440 steveningc1440 pointingc1449 ordinationc1450 instituting1534 prescription1542 prescribement1563 assignment1597 nomination1597 designation1609 consignation1650 reassignment1650 reassignation1655 consignmenta1668 appunctuation1768 destination1868 allocation1876 a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) xiv. 70 Wuche ordeinemenz ant stablisemenz [h]e comaundede þat a ben wel ant faste iholden into al his reaume. a1425 Rule St. Benet (Lansd.) (1902) 43 Yef hir ordannent [read ordanment] es in buxumnes, alle þinges..sal be als tabes cumandis. a1450–1509 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (A-version) (1913) 1152 Kyng Rychard þey afftyr sente, For to here þat ordeynemente. 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 55 Tutelage, an ordainment then which nothing more just, being for the defence of Orfanes. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xvii. 159 Bishops rather by custom, then any ordainment of Christ, were exalted above Presbyters. 1881 G. MacDonald Mary Marston III. vii. 119 According to the sweet inexorability of musical ordainment. 1930 H. Belloc Wolsey v. 109 Before the canonical age for ordainment to the priesthood. 1951 Monumenta Nipponica 7 21 The concrete form of government..rests on the ordainment of the people expressed in the constitution. 1993 Oxf. Times 2 July 9 (heading) Ordainment of priests. 2. Divine or superhuman appointment or command; an ordinance of God or a god, or of fate, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > a decree of fate ordinance1340 weirda1400 pre-ordinance1486 foreordinance1530 fore-purpose1551 ordainment1605 foreordination1620 fatality1763 the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > predestination foresettinga1300 destiningc1300 ordainingc1350 ordinationc1450 pre-ordinance1486 destinacy1490 predestination?1503 pre-ordination1527 foreordinance1530 predefinition?1548 fore-appointing1589 destination1598 ordainment1605 foreordination1620 predeterminationa1628 fatalitya1631 destinating1633 predesignationa1641 foreordaining1667 preordainmenta1847 pre-appointment1850 pre-election1860 foreordainment1879 providentialism1927 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. D3v A true or worthy end of their being and ordainment . View more context for this quotation 1824 T. Hood Two Swans x Redeem'd from sleepy death, for beauty's sake, By old ordainment. 1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice III. i. 19 It is an illustration of an ordainment to which the earth and its creatures owe their continuance, and their Redemption. 1895 Eclectic Mag. Mar. 297 The divine ordainment of kingship was an article of faith with him. a1945 E. R. Eddison Mezentian Gate (1958) p. xxi By will and ordainment of the Gods. 1984 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 44 236 What people in Jaffna know about caste duty and cosmic ordainment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1325 |
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