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ordain
[ awr-deyn ]
verb (used with object)
- to invest with ministerial, priestly, or rabbinical functions.
- to enact or establish by law, edict, etc.:
to ordain a new type of government.
- to decree; give orders for:
He ordained that the restrictions were to be lifted.
- (of God, fate, etc.) to destine or predestine:
Fate had ordained the meeting.
Synonyms: predetermine
verb (used without object)
- to order or command:
Thus do the gods ordain.
- to select for or appoint to an office.
- to invest someone with sacerdotal functions.
ordain
/ ɔːˈdeɪn /
verb
- to consecrate (someone) as a priest; confer holy orders upon
- may take a clause as object to decree, appoint, or predestine irrevocably
- may take a clause as object to order, establish, or enact with authority
- obsolete.to select for an office
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Derived Forms
- orˈdainment, noun
- orˈdainer, noun
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Other Words From
- or·dain·a·ble adjective
- or·dain·er noun
- or·dain·ment noun
- re·or·dain verb (used with object)
- self-or·dain·er noun
- su·per·or·dain verb (used without object)
- un·or·dain·a·ble adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ordain1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ordain1
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Example Sentences
And no religious denomination should be forced to ordain gays or women as priests, right?
The letter also ordered her to “take down www.ordainwomen.org and disassociat[e] yourself from Ordain Women.”
Kate Kelly, the leader of Ordain Women, was officially excommunicated.
The Ordain Women website posted some of Harrison's email to Kelly informing her of her excommunication.
Among other things, Weiss had the beautiful chutzpah to ordain Orthodox women.
They say they ordain and establish it; we do not speak of ordaining leagues and compacts.
It is very proper to say, too, I suppose, that it is an imposition when the bishops ordain the ministers?
The bishops will ordain no persons whose names have not been submitted to the Government and approved by it.
"The deities ordain and the balance weighs; your reward will be the greater," replied Ten-teh.
The government they aimed at was not democracy, but theocracy: "God never did ordain democracy as a fit government," said Cotton.
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