ordain
(verb) issue an order
ordain, consecrate, ordinate, order
(verb) appoint to a clerical posts; “he was ordained in the Church”
ordain
(verb) invest with ministerial or priestly authority; “The minister was ordained only last month”
ordain, enact
(verb) order by virtue of superior authority; decree; “The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews”; “the legislature enacted this law in 1985”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ordain (third-person singular simple present ordains, present participle ordaining, simple past and past participle ordained)
To prearrange unalterably.
To decree.
To admit into the ministry of a religion, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi.
To predestine.
• foresay
• Ardoin, Dorian, NORAID, Orinda, Rodina, donair, draino, inroad, radion, ranoid
Source: Wiktionary
Or*dain", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ordained; p. pr. & vb. n. Ordaining.] Etym: [OE. ordeinen, OF. ordener, F. ordonner, fr. L. ordinare, from ordo, ordinis, order. See Order, and cf. Ordinance.]
1. To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish. "Battle well ordained." Spenser. The stake that shall be ordained on either side. Chaucer.
2. To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute. Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month. 1 Kings xii. 32. And doth the power that man adores ordain Their doom Byron.
3. To set apart for an office; to appoint. Being ordained his special governor. Shak.
4. (Eccl.)
Definition: 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. Meletius was ordained by Arian bishops. Bp. Stillingfleet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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