ordain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To prearrange unalterably.
To decree.
To admit into the ministry, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi.
To predestine.

/ɔɹˈdeɪn/ /ɔːˈdeɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ordain.wav

ordain ordains ordaining ordained

From Middle English ordeynen, from Old French ordiner, from Latin ordinare (“to order”), from ordo (“order”). Doublet of ordinate.

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ordination

coordain disordain foreordain misordain ordainable ordainee ordainer ordainment preordain reordain unordain

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