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Doom :: Doom (v. t.) To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine..

Destine :: Destine (v. t.) To determine the future condition or application of; to set apart by design for a future use or purpose; to fix, as by destiny or by an authoritative decree; to doom; to ordain or preordain; to appoint; -- often with the remoter object preceded by to or for..

Preordination :: Preordination (n.) The act of foreordaining: previous determination.

Ordinant :: Ordinant (a.) Ordaining; decreeing.

Destiny :: Destiny (n.) That to which any person or thing is destined; predetermined state; condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom.

Presbyter :: Presbyter (n.) One ordained to the second order in the ministry; -- called also priest.

Preordain :: Preordain (v. t.) To ordain or appoint beforehand: to predetermine: to foreordain.

Ordained :: Ordained (imp. & p. p.) of Ordai.

Ordinability :: Ordinability (n.) Capability of being ordained or appointed.

Ordinable :: Ordinable (a.) Capable of being ordained or appointed.

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

Order :: Order (n.) To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.

Appoint :: Appoint (v. i.) To ordain; to determine; to arrange.

Preorder :: Preorder (v. t.) To order to arrange beforehand; to foreordain.

Providence :: Providence (n.) A manifestation of the care and superintendence which God exercises over his creatures; an event ordained by divine direction.

Popish :: Popish (a.) Of or pertaining to the pope; taught or ordained by the pope; hence, of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church; -- often used opprobriously..

Establishment :: Establishment (n.) The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.

Dispensation :: Dispensation (n.) A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy; as, the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations..

Reordain :: Reordain (v. t.) To ordain again, as when the first ordination is considered defective..

Clergyman :: Clergyman (n.) An ordained minister; a man regularly authorized to preach the gospel, and administer its ordinances; in England usually restricted to a minister of the Established Church..

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