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ordain
or·dain O0109800 (ôr-dān′)tr.v. or·dained, or·dain·ing, or·dains 1. a. To invest with ministerial or priestly authority; confer holy orders on: ordain a priest.b. To authorize as a rabbi.2. To order or decree by virtue of superior authority: The management ordained that business attire should be worn in the office at all times.3. To prearrange unalterably; predestine: events that were ordained by fate.
[Middle English ordeinen, from Old French ordener, ordein-, from Latin ōrdināre, to organize, appoint to office, from ōrdō, ōrdin-, order; see ar- in Indo-European roots.]
or·dain′er n.or·dain′ment n.ordain (ɔːˈdeɪn) vb (tr) 1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) to consecrate (someone) as a priest; confer holy orders upon2. (may take a clause as object) to decree, appoint, or predestine irrevocably3. (may take a clause as object) to order, establish, or enact with authority4. obsolete to select for an office[C13: from Anglo-Norman ordeiner, from Late Latin ordināre, from Latin ordo order] orˈdainer n orˈdainment nor•dain (ɔrˈdeɪn)
v.t. 1. to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon. 2. to enact or establish by law, edict, etc. 3. to decree; give orders for. 4. (of God, fate, etc.) to destine or predestine. 5. Archaic. to select for or appoint to an office. v.i. 6. to order or command. [1250–1300; Middle English < Old French ordener < Latin ordināre to order, arrange, appoint. See ordination] or•dain′a•ble, adj. or•dain′er, n. ordain
Past participle: ordained
Gerund: ordaining
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| I ordain | | you ordain | | he/she/it ordains | | we ordain | | you ordain | | they ordain |
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| I ordained | | you ordained | | he/she/it ordained | | we ordained | | you ordained | | they ordained |
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| I am ordaining | | you are ordaining | | he/she/it is ordaining | | we are ordaining | | you are ordaining | | they are ordaining |
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| I have ordained | | you have ordained | | he/she/it has ordained | | we have ordained | | you have ordained | | they have ordained |
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| I was ordaining | | you were ordaining | | he/she/it was ordaining | | we were ordaining | | you were ordaining | | they were ordaining |
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| I had ordained | | you had ordained | | he/she/it had ordained | | we had ordained | | you had ordained | | they had ordained |
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| I will ordain | | you will ordain | | he/she/it will ordain | | we will ordain | | you will ordain | | they will ordain |
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| I will have ordained | | you will have ordained | | he/she/it will have ordained | | we will have ordained | | you will have ordained | | they will have ordained |
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| I will be ordaining | | you will be ordaining | | he/she/it will be ordaining | | we will be ordaining | | you will be ordaining | | they will be ordaining |
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| I have been ordaining | | you have been ordaining | | he/she/it has been ordaining | | we have been ordaining | | you have been ordaining | | they have been ordaining |
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| I will have been ordaining | | you will have been ordaining | | he/she/it will have been ordaining | | we will have been ordaining | | you will have been ordaining | | they will have been ordaining |
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| I had been ordaining | | you had been ordaining | | he/she/it had been ordaining | | we had been ordaining | | you had been ordaining | | they had been ordaining |
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| I would ordain | | you would ordain | | he/she/it would ordain | | we would ordain | | you would ordain | | they would ordain |
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| I would have ordained | | you would have ordained | | he/she/it would have ordained | | we would have ordained | | you would have ordained | | they would have ordained |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | ordain - order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"enactdecree - issue a decree; "The King only can decree"reenact - enact again; "Congress reenacted the law"legislate, pass - make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time" | | 2. | ordain - appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"consecrate, ordinate, orderenthrone, vest, invest - provide with power and authority; "They vested the council with special rights" | | 3. | ordain - invest with ministerial or priestly authority; "The minister was ordained only last month"enthrone, vest, invest - provide with power and authority; "They vested the council with special rights" | | 4. | ordain - issue an orderpredestine - decree or determine beforehandwill - decree or ordain; "God wills our existence"destine, doom, fate, designate - decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist"decree - issue a decree; "The King only can decree" |
ordainverb1. appoint, call, name, commission, select, elect, invest, install, nominate, anoint, consecrate, frock Her brother was ordained as a priest in 1982.2. (Formal) order, will, rule, demand, require, direct, establish, command, dictate, prescribe, pronounce, lay down, decree, instruct, enact, legislate, enjoin He ordained that women should be veiled in public.3. predestine, fate, intend, mark out, predetermine, foreordain, destine, preordain His future seemed ordained right from the start.ordainverbTo set forth expressly and authoritatively:decree, dictate, fix, impose, lay down, prescribe.Idioms: call the shots, lay it on the line.Translationsordain (oːˈdein) verb to make (someone) a priest, minister etc, usually by a church ceremony. He was ordained a priest. 任命…為牧師或神父，授以…聖職 任命某人为牧师，授予某人圣职 ordain
ordain (one) as (something)To invest one with the powers, duties, and responsibilities attendant upon a particular religious role. Often used in passive constructions. Regina Jones was ordained as the first female rabbi in 1935. I just heard the clergy ordained Tom as a priest.See also: ordainordain someone (as) something 1. Lit. to establish someone as a priest or minister. In a lovely ceremony, they ordained David as a priest. He was ordained as a priest by a bishop. 2. Fig. to establish someone as something. They ordained the poor old man as a deputy sheriff. Was he duly ordained as a Mercedes mechanic?EncyclopediaSeeholy ordersOrdain
ORDAIN. To ordain is to make an ordinance, to enact a law.
2. In the constitution of the United States, the preamble. declares that the people "do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America." The 3d article of the same constitution declares, that "the judicial power shall be vested in one supreme court, and in such inferior courts as the congress may from time to time ordain and establish. "See 1 Wheat. R. 304, 324; 4 Wheat: R. 316, 402. ordain
Synonyms for ordainverb appointSynonyms- appoint
- call
- name
- commission
- select
- elect
- invest
- install
- nominate
- anoint
- consecrate
- frock
verb orderSynonyms- order
- will
- rule
- demand
- require
- direct
- establish
- command
- dictate
- prescribe
- pronounce
- lay down
- decree
- instruct
- enact
- legislate
- enjoin
verb predestineSynonyms- predestine
- fate
- intend
- mark out
- predetermine
- foreordain
- destine
- preordain
Synonyms for ordainverb to set forth expressly and authoritativelySynonyms- decree
- dictate
- fix
- impose
- lay down
- prescribe
Synonyms for ordainverb order by virtue of superior authoritySynonymsRelated Words- decree
- reenact
- legislate
- pass
verb appoint to a clerical postsSynonymsRelated Wordsverb invest with ministerial or priestly authorityRelated Wordsverb issue an orderRelated Words- predestine
- will
- destine
- doom
- fate
- designate
- decree
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