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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024or•dain /ɔrˈdeɪn/USA pronunciation v. - Religion[~ + object] to make (someone) a priest, minister, or rabbi.
- (of someone in authority) to order, enact, or establish by law, command, etc.: [~ + that clause]The king ordained that everyone should pay tax.[~ + object]Had this law been ordained?
- to decide or determine (the fate of someone or something):[~ + clause]The fates ordained whether he would live or die.
See -ord-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024or•dain (ôr dān′),USA pronunciation v.t. - Religionto invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions;
confer holy orders upon. - 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.
v.i. - to order or command:Thus do the gods ordain.
- to select for or appoint to an office.
- to invest someone with sacerdotal functions.
- Latin ordināre to order, arrange, appoint. See ordination
- Old French ordener
- Middle English ordeinen 1250–1300
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged order, prescribe, determine.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged predetermine.
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