ordain
11ordain — or|dain [o:ˈdeın US o:r ] v [T] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: ordener, from Latin ordinare to put in order , from ordo; ORDER1] 1.) to officially make someone a priest or religious leader →↑ordination ▪ Desmond Tutu was ordained in 1960 …
12ordain — 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 …
13ordain — 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… …
14ordain — verb Ordain is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bishop, ↑minister, ↑pastor …
15ordain — 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… …
16ordain — 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 …
17ordain — 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 …
18ordain by law — index enact, pass (approve) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
19Ordain, Ordination — The act of setting apart to the Sacred Ministry and whereby the grace of Orders is conferred. The right or power to ordain belongs solely to the Bishop and this he does with prayer and Laying on of Hands. (See IMPOSITION OF HANDS.) The times… …
20ordain — verb a) to prearrange unalterably b) to decree …
