Definition of ordain

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Ordain (v. t.) To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish.

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Ordain :: Ordain (v. t.) To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute..
Ordinative :: Ordinative (a.) Tending to ordain; directing; giving order.
Ordaining :: Ordaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ordai.
Coordain :: Coordain (v. t.) To ordain or appoint for some purpose along with another.
Reordain :: Reordain (v. t.) To ordain again, as when the first ordination is considered defective..
Establish :: Establish (a.) To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain..
Installation :: Installation (n.) The act of installing or giving possession of an office, rank, or order, with the usual rites or ceremonies; as, the installation of an ordained minister in a parish..
Ordinand :: Ordinand (n.) One about to be ordained.
Doom :: Doom (v. t.) To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine..
Preordinate :: Preordinate (a.) Preordained.
Ordainable :: Ordainable (a.) Capable of being ordained; worthy to be ordained or appointed.
Ordinant :: Ordinant (a.) Ordaining; decreeing.
Establishment :: Establishment (n.) The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
Acolyte :: Acolyte (n.) One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic church, being ordained to carry the wine and water and the lights at the Mass..
Priest :: Priest (v. t.) To ordain as priest.
Install :: Install (v. t.) To place in an office, rank, or order; to invest with any charge by the usual ceremonies; to instate; to induct; as, to install an ordained minister as pastor of a church; to install a college president..
Institutor :: Institutor (n.) One who institutes, founds, ordains, or establishes..
Ordinator :: Ordinator (n.) One who ordains or establishes; a director.
Ordainment :: Ordainment (n.) Ordination.
Title :: Title (n.) A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside..
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