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Definition and meaning of ordain
Definitions
ordain (v. trans.)
1.be in command of"The general commanded a huge army"
2.issue an order
3.appoint to a clerical posts"he was ordained in the Church"
4.invest with ministerial or priestly authority"The minister was ordained only last month"
5.order by virtue of superior authority; decree"The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews" "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"
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Merriam Webster
OrdainOr*dain" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ordained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ordaining.] [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.) 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.
Synonyms
ordain (v. trans.)
appoint, call, command, consecrate, constitute, decree, destine, dictate, elect, enact, foreordain, frock, impose, install, institute, intend, invest, nominate, order, order about, ordinate, predestine, predetermine, prescribe
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See also
ordain (v. trans.)
↘ commander, commanding, enactment, ordained, passage, ranking, top-level, top-ranking
Analogical dictionary
ordain (v. tr.)
ordain; order; command[ClasseHyper.]
exercer le pouvoir sur (fr)[Classe]
ordain (v. tr.)
introniser un membre du clergé en le sacrant (fr)[Classe]
ordination (fr)[termes liés]
ordain (v. tr.)
enthrone, invest, vest[Hyper.]
ordinance, ordination - ordainer[Dérivé]
ordain (v. tr.)
decree - establish, found, launch, set up, start up[Hyper.]
enactment, passage[Dérivé]
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