ordain

  • 31ordain — v. a. 1. Appoint, call, elect, consecrate, destine, set apart. 2. Establish, institute, regulate. 3. Decree, enact, order, prescribe, enjoin. 4. Appoint, constitute …

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  • 32ordain — v 1. frock; induct, install, inaugurate, swear in, administer the oath of office, instate, Rare. auspicate; invest, chair, establish in office; crown, enthrone; consecrate, anoint. 2. enact, make into law, legislate, pass into law, establish, set …

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  • 33ordain — or·dain …

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  • 34ordain — [ɔːˈdeɪn] verb [T] to make someone a priest, MINISTER, or RABBI in an official religious ceremony See: ordination …

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  • 35ordain — or•dain [[t]ɔrˈdeɪn[/t]] v. t. 1) rel 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)… …

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  • 36ordain — /ɔˈdeɪn / (say aw dayn) verb (t) 1. Ecclesiastical to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon. 2. to appoint authoritatively; decree; enact. 3. Obsolete to select or appoint for an office. 4. (of God, fate, etc.)… …

  • 37ordain —   Poni, ho oponi, ho okahuna …

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  • 38ordain — To institute or establish; to make an ordinance; to enact a constitution or law. To confer on a person the holy orders of priest or deacon …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 39ordain — To constitute, to establish, to pass an ordinance. Kepner v Commonwealth, 40 Pa 124, 129. See ordination …

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  • 40ordain — see ORDER …

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