英语词汇“ordain”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

ordainordain /ɔrˈdeɪn/ verb [transitive usually passive]

ETYMOLOGYordain

Origin: 1200-1300 Old French ordener, from Latin ordinare to put in order, from ordo; ➔ ORDER¹

VERB TABLE

ordain

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	ordain
	he, she, it	ordains
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	ordained
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have ordained
	he, she, it	has ordained
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had ordained
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will ordain
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have ordained

Continuous Form
Present	I	am ordaining
	he, she, it	is ordaining
	you, we, they	are ordaining
Past	I, he, she, it	was ordaining
	you, we, they	were ordaining
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been ordaining
	he, she, it	has been ordaining
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been ordaining
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be ordaining
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been ordaining

1to officially make someone a priest or religious leader: be ordained (as) something She is the first woman to be ordained as a bishop. → see also ordination2formal to make the decision that something should happen: ordain that People believed that God had ordained that the king should rule them.