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[ awr-deyn ] / ɔrˈdeɪn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ordain ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object)to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon. 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. (of God, fate, etc.) to destine or predestine: Fate had ordained the meeting. 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. Origin of ordain1250–1300; Middle English ordeinen<Old French ordener<Latin ordināre to order, arrange, appoint. See ordination SYNONYMS FOR ordain3 order, prescribe, determine. 4 predetermine. SEE SYNONYMS FOR ordain ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM ordainor·dain·a·ble, adjectiveor·dain·er, nounor·dain·ment, nounre·or·dain, verb (used with object) self-or·dained, adjectiveself-or·dain·er, nounsu·per·or·dain, verb (used without object)un·or·dain·a·ble, adjectiveun·or·dained, adjective Words nearby ordainorciprenaline sulfate, OR circuit, Orcus, Orczy, ord., ordain, ordainee, ordeal, ordeal bean, ordeal tree, order Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ordainThe letter also ordered her to “take down www.ordainwomen.org and disassociat[e] yourself from Ordain Women.” Excommunication With a Smile: Mormon Feminist Kicked Out of the Church|Emily Shire|June 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST Kate Kelly, the leader of Ordain Women, was officially excommunicated. Excommunication With a Smile: Mormon Feminist Kicked Out of the Church|Emily Shire|June 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Ordain Women website posted some of Harrison's email to Kelly informing her of her excommunication. Excommunication With a Smile: Mormon Feminist Kicked Out of the Church|Emily Shire|June 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST Among other things, Weiss had the beautiful chutzpah to ordain Orthodox women. The Chief Rabbinate Proves Jews Would Be Better Off without It|Gershom Gorenberg|October 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Women attempting to be priests—or those why try to ordain them—already face automatic excommunication. What About Women, Pope Francis?|Janine di Giovanni|August 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST The word foreordain means to ordain beforehand: and the word elect means to choose. Life and Labors of Elder John Kline, the Martyr Missionary|John Kline So doth it me, said Balan, but ye must take the adventure that God will ordain you. Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume I (of II)|Thomas Malory They cannot ordain that inadequately paid schoolmasters can be other than inferior educators. Leading Articles on Various Subjects|Hugh Miller You must not appoint any man at your head; if you do, the Twelve must ordain him. Wilford Woodruff|Matthias F. Cowley They say they ordain and establish it; we do not speak of ordaining leagues and compacts. Nullification, Secession Webster's Argument and the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions|Caleb William Loring
British Dictionary definitions for ordain
verb (tr)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 obsolete to select for an office Derived forms of ordainordainer, nounordainment, nounWord Origin for ordainC13: from Anglo-Norman ordeiner, from Late Latin ordināre, from Latin ordo order Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to ordainappoint, elect, anoint, nominate, bless, consecrate, enact, legislate, decree, set, frock, deal, institute, invest, fix, impose, pronounce, rule, will, commission |