Ordain

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To invest with ministerial or priestly authority; confer holy orders on.
  • v. To authorize as a rabbi.
  • v. To order by virtue of superior authority; decree or enact.
  • v. To prearrange unalterably; predestine: by fate ordained. See Synonyms at dictate.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to prearrange unalterably
  • v. to decree
  • v. to admit into the ministry of the Christian church
  • v. to authorize as a rabbi
  • v. to predestine
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish.
  • v. To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute.
  • v. To set apart for an office; to appoint.
  • v. To invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; to introduce into the office of the Christian ministry, by the laying on of hands, or other forms; to set apart by the ceremony of ordination.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To set or place in proper order; arrange; prepare; make ready; hence, to construct or constitute with a view to a certain end.
  • To set up; establish; institute; appoint: order.
  • To dispose or regulate according to will or purpose; prescribe; give orders or directions for; command; enact; decree: used especially of the decrees of Providence or of fate; hence, to destine.
  • To set apart for an office; select; appoint.
  • To destine, set apart, etc., to a certain spiritual condition, or to the fulfilment of a certain providential purpose: especially in Biblical usage.
  • Eccles., to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon; appoint to or formally introduce into the ministerial office: used especially of admission to the priesthood, as distinguished from making a deacon and consecrating a bishop. See ordination, 2.
  • Synonyms To destine, enact, order, prescribe, enjoin. In regard to the making of human laws or the acts of Providence, ordain is the most weighty and solemn word in use: as, the Mayor and Common Council do ordain; “the powers that be are ordained of God,”
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. invest with ministerial or priestly authority
  • v. appoint to a clerical posts
  • v. issue an order
  • v. order by virtue of superior authority; decree
  • Verb Form
    ordained    ordaining    ordains   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    invest    enthrone    vest   
    Cross Reference
    appoint    decree    destine    ordination   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    constitute    decree    appoint    institute   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Alane    Aquitaine    Ayn    Bahrain    Biscayne    Blaine    Cain    Chain    Champagne    Champaign   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts