ordained
Use Ordained in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
2.
to enact or establish by law, edict, etc.: to ordain a new type of government.
3.
to decree; give orders for: He ordained that the restrictions were to be lifted.
4.
(of God, fate, etc.) to destine or predestine: Fate had ordained the meeting.
verb (used without object)
5.
to order or command: Thus do the gods ordain.
6.
to select for or appoint to an office.
7.
to invest someone with sacerdotal functions.
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Ordained
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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English ordeinen < Old French ordener < Latin ordināre to order, arrange, appoint. See ordination
1250–1300; Middle English ordeinen < Old French ordener < Latin ordināre to order, arrange, appoint. See ordination
Related forms
or·dain·a·ble, adjective
or·dain·er, noun
or·dain·ment, noun
re·or·dain, verb (used with object)
self-or·dained, adjective
self-or·dain·er, noun
su·per·or·dain, verb (used without object)
un·or·dain·a·ble, adjective
un·or·dained, adjective
Synonyms
3. order, prescribe, determine. 4. predetermine.
3. order, prescribe, determine. 4. predetermine.
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ordain (ɔːˈdeɪn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to consecrate (someone) as a priest; confer holy orders upon |
| 2. | (may take a clause as object) to decree, appoint, or predestine irrevocably |
| 3. | (may take a clause as object) to order, establish, or enact with authority |
| 4. | obsolete to select for an office |
| [C13: from Anglo-Norman ordeiner, from Late Latin ordināre, from Latin ordo | |
| or'dainer | |
| —n | |
| or'dainment | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
ordain
late 13c., "to appoint or admit to the ministry of the Church," from stem of O.Fr. ordener, from L. ordinare "put in order, arrange, dispose, appoint," from ordo (gen. ordinis) "order." The notion is "to confer holy orders upon" (see order). Meaning "to decree, enact" is from
c.1300; sense of "to set (something) that will continue in a certain order" is from early 14c.
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Example sentences
Although the rescue team had taken elaborate precautions, the result was not pre-ordained.
Whatever changes occur in cognition over time are surely divinely ordained.
All this has the air of another government-ordained initiative.
They were never ordained, and never held any office of superiority.
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