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ordain

[ awr-deyn ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to invest with ministerial, priestly, or rabbinical functions.
  2. to enact or establish by law, edict, etc.:

    to ordain a new type of government.

  3. to decree; give orders for:

    He ordained that the restrictions were to be lifted.

    Synonyms: , ,

  4. (of God, fate, etc.) to destine or predestine:

    Fate had ordained the meeting.

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verb (used without object)

  1. to order or command:

    Thus do the gods ordain.

  2. to select for or appoint to an office.
  3. to invest someone with sacerdotal functions.

ordain

/ 蓴藧藞诲别瑟苍 /

verb

  1. to consecrate (someone) as a priest; confer holy orders upon
  2. may take a clause as object to decree, appoint, or predestine irrevocably
  3. may take a clause as object to order, establish, or enact with authority
  4. obsolete.
    to select for an office
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 辞谤藞诲补颈苍尘别苍迟, noun
  • 辞谤藞诲补颈苍别谤, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辞谤路诲补颈苍路补路产濒别 adjective
  • 辞谤路诲补颈苍路别谤 noun
  • 辞谤路诲补颈苍路尘别苍迟 noun
  • 谤别路辞谤路诲补颈苍 verb (used with object)
  • self-辞谤路诲补颈苍路别谤 noun
  • 蝉耻路辫别谤路辞谤路诲补颈苍 verb (used without object)
  • un路辞谤路诲补颈苍路补路产濒别 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of ordain1

First recorded in 1250鈥1300; Middle English ordeinen, from Old French ordener, from Latin 辞谤诲颈苍腻谤别 鈥渢o order, arrange, appoint鈥; ordination
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of ordain1

C13: from Anglo-Norman ordeiner, from Late Latin 辞谤诲颈苍腻谤别, from Latin ordo order
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Theoretically, any baptised man can be elected as pope, but a cardinal, all of whom are serving archbishops ordained by a pontiff, is usually picked.

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All men, they are appointed directly by the Pope, and are usually ordained bishops.

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He retired from boxing aged 28 and became an ordained minister.

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After a second professional loss, Foreman retired in 1977 and became an ordained minister at the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in Texas, which he founded and built.

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In 2008, it voted to ordain women as bishops, and many recent meetings have included discussion of same-sex marriages.

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