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ordain (verb)

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  • ordain — ► VERB 1) make (someone) a priest or minister. 2) order officially. 3) (of God or fate) decide in advance. ORIGIN Latin ordinare, from ordo order …   English terms dictionary

  • ordain — verb Etymology: Middle English ordeinen, from Anglo French ordener, ordeiner, from Late Latin ordinare, from Latin, to put in order, appoint, from ordin , ordo order Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to invest officially (as by the laying on… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • ordain — verb Ordain is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bishop, ↑minister, ↑pastor …   Collocations dictionary

  • ordain — verb (T) 1 to officially make someone a priest or religious leader: Desmond Tutu was ordained in 1960. | ordain sb (as) sth: Paulson was ordained deacon. see also: ordination 2 formal to order that something should happen: a duty ordained by God… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • ordain — verb 1) the Church voted to ordain women Syn: confer holy orders on, appoint, anoint, consecrate, install, invest, induct 2) the path ordained by fate Syn: predetermine, predestine, preordain, destine …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • ordain — verb 1) the decision to ordain women Syn: confer holy orders on, admit to the priesthood, priest, appoint, anoint, consecrate 2) the path ordained by God Syn: determine, predestine, preordain, predetermine …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • ordain — verb a) to prearrange unalterably b) to decree …   Wiktionary

  • ordain — verb 1》 confer holy orders on. 2》 order officially.     ↘(of God or fate) decide in advance. Derivatives ordainer noun ordainment noun Origin ME: from Anglo Norman Fr. ordeiner, from L. ordinare, from ordo, ordin (see order) …   English new terms dictionary

  • ordain — [[t]ɔː(r)de͟ɪn[/t]] ordains, ordaining, ordained 1) VERB When someone is ordained, they are made a member of the clergy in a religious ceremony. [be V ed n] He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1982... [be V ed] Women have been ordained for many… …   English dictionary

  • ordain — 1) In the OT God is said to ‘ordain’ (AV) or ‘establish’ (NRSV) the government of the Universe (Ps. 8:3) and its geographical divisions (1 Chron. 17:9). This means that God ‘orders’ or ‘appoints’ or ‘institutes’ or ‘invests’. 2) Similarly, he… …   Dictionary of the Bible

  • ordain — UK [ɔː(r)ˈdeɪn] / US [ɔrˈdeɪn] verb [transitive] Word forms ordain : present tense I/you/we/they ordain he/she/it ordains present participle ordaining past tense ordained past participle ordained 1) to make someone a priest, minister, or rabbi in …   English dictionary

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