ordinantn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈɔːd(ᵻ)nənt/,

/ˈɔːdn̩ənt/, U.S.

/ˈɔrd(ə)nənt/

Forms: late Middle English ordynaunt, late Middle English 1600s 1800s– ordinant.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French ordinant, ordiner; Latin ōrdinant-, ōrdināns, ōrdināre.

Etymology: Either < Middle French ordinant, present participle of ordiner ordain v., or < classical Latin ōrdinant-, ōrdināns, present participle of ōrdināre ordain v. In sense A. 1b after post-classical Latin ordinant-, ordinans priest who confers holy orders (mid 5th cent.) or French ordinant (noun) priest who confers holy orders (1690).

Now rare.

A. n.

†1.

a. An officer who assigns soldiers their places in battle. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) 574 (MED) We werreours, forthi go we to feelde; And as our name in ordir in the rolle is, Our ordynaunt, so sette vs.

b. A priest who confers holy orders. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > ordination > [noun] > person performing

ordainerc1390

ordinatorc1455

ordinant1842

1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 854/2 Ordinant, a prelate conferring orders.

1883 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 1701 The Council of Trent declares..that the words of the ordinant, ‘Receive ye the Holy Ghost’, have efficacy.

2. Mathematics. The ordinate of a point (ordinate adj. 2). Also: a straight line parallel to the y-axis.

ΚΠ

1942 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 29 197 Of course the intrinsic value as read from the ordinants of these graphs (geographical distribution read from the abscissas) is not significant.

1964 Jrnl. Ecol. 52 176 If the guide curve of average height over age crossed the 50-year ordinant at 94 ft, then the 60 ft site index curve would be 60/94 = 0.64 of the corresponding height of the guide curve at any given age.

1993 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 90 5823 The calculated values of a and R_b that correspond to the experimental resistance changes are shown on the right hand ordinant of Fig. 4.

B. adj.

Of a person or thing: able to order or direct; that orders, arranges, or regulates.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > command > [adjective] > able or qualified to command

masterfulc1440

ordinanta1460

masterlya1544

society > authority > control > [adjective] > regulating

regulative1599

ordinant1604

ordinative1605

well-ordering1619

regulating1628

regulatory1775

a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) 855 (MED) The consulys, for themperour Legatys, Sende vnto the oste; to thaim obtemperaunt Was al the legioun and al the statys; They were of al the werres ordynaunt.

a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 109 Be þy comandour swyfte & qweynte & ordinant [L. disponens].

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. ii. 49 Euen in that was heauen ordinant .

1815 C. E. Grice Battle of New Orleans V. v. 54 Forgive me, Edward, if unsexed to day, you see me here, a soldier by your side. In her dear country's cause, a woman's spirit towers above her sex—and heaven in this was ordinant.

1864 G. H. Calvert Arnold & André I. ii. 36 In all, his [sc. Washington's] mighty spirit's ordinant.

1870 J. Ruskin Lect. Art iii. 72 The instantaneously selective and ordinant energy of the brain.

1944 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 8 202 The basic concept is that of the regal and ordinant Sun or Soma, who ‘moves across the waters, himself the Bridge’.

1951 J. V. Cunningham Woe or Wonder v, in J. V. Cunningham & A. Swallow Trad. & Poet. Structure (1960) 255 Man proposes, and God disposes. Indeed, Heaven is ordinant even in the accidental details.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ordinant
释义	ordinantn.adj. Brit. /ˈɔːd(ᵻ)nənt/, /ˈɔːdn̩ənt/, U.S. /ˈɔrd(ə)nənt/ Forms: late Middle English ordynaunt, late Middle English 1600s 1800s– ordinant. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French ordinant, ordiner; Latin ōrdinant-, ōrdināns, ōrdināre. Etymology: Either < Middle French ordinant, present participle of ordiner ordain v., or < classical Latin ōrdinant-, ōrdināns, present participle of ōrdināre ordain v. In sense A. 1b after post-classical Latin ordinant-, ordinans priest who confers holy orders (mid 5th cent.) or French ordinant (noun) priest who confers holy orders (1690). Now rare. A. n. †1. a. An officer who assigns soldiers their places in battle. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) 574 (MED) We werreours, forthi go we to feelde; And as our name in ordir in the rolle is, Our ordynaunt, so sette vs. b. A priest who confers holy orders. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > ordination > [noun] > person performing ordainerc1390 ordinatorc1455 ordinant1842 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 854/2 Ordinant, a prelate conferring orders. 1883 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 1701 The Council of Trent declares..that the words of the ordinant, ‘Receive ye the Holy Ghost’, have efficacy. 2. Mathematics. The ordinate of a point (ordinate adj. 2). Also: a straight line parallel to the y-axis. ΚΠ 1942 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 29 197 Of course the intrinsic value as read from the ordinants of these graphs (geographical distribution read from the abscissas) is not significant. 1964 Jrnl. Ecol. 52 176 If the guide curve of average height over age crossed the 50-year ordinant at 94 ft, then the 60 ft site index curve would be 60/94 = 0.64 of the corresponding height of the guide curve at any given age. 1993 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 90 5823 The calculated values of a and R_b that correspond to the experimental resistance changes are shown on the right hand ordinant of Fig. 4. B. adj. Of a person or thing: able to order or direct; that orders, arranges, or regulates. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > [adjective] > able or qualified to command masterfulc1440 ordinanta1460 masterlya1544 society > authority > control > [adjective] > regulating regulative1599 ordinant1604 ordinative1605 well-ordering1619 regulating1628 regulatory1775 a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) 855 (MED) The consulys, for themperour Legatys, Sende vnto the oste; to thaim obtemperaunt Was al the legioun and al the statys; They were of al the werres ordynaunt. a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 109 Be þy comandour swyfte & qweynte & ordinant [L. disponens]. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. ii. 49 Euen in that was heauen ordinant . View more context for this quotation 1815 C. E. Grice Battle of New Orleans V. v. 54 Forgive me, Edward, if unsexed to day, you see me here, a soldier by your side. In her dear country's cause, a woman's spirit towers above her sex—and heaven in this was ordinant. 1864 G. H. Calvert Arnold & André I. ii. 36 In all, his [sc. Washington's] mighty spirit's ordinant. 1870 J. Ruskin Lect. Art iii. 72 The instantaneously selective and ordinant energy of the brain. 1944 Harvard Jrnl. Asiatic Stud. 8 202 The basic concept is that of the regal and ordinant Sun or Soma, who ‘moves across the waters, himself the Bridge’. 1951 J. V. Cunningham Woe or Wonder v, in J. V. Cunningham & A. Swallow Trad. & Poet. Structure (1960) 255 Man proposes, and God disposes. Indeed, Heaven is ordinant even in the accidental details. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.a1460
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