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

Ordainable :: Ordainable (a.) Capable of being ordained; worthy to be ordained or appointed.

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

Ordinative :: Ordinative (a.) Tending to ordain; directing; giving order.

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

Institute :: Institute (v. t.) To set up; to establish; to ordain; as, to institute laws, rules, etc..

Decree :: Decree (v. t.) To determine judicially by authority, or by decree; to constitute by edict; to appoint by decree or law; to determine; to order; to ordain; as, a court decrees a restoration of property..

Friend :: Friend (n.) One of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers..

Ordain :: Ordain (v. t.) To set apart for an office; to appoint.

Ordainer :: Ordainer (n.) One who ordains.

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

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..

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

Decree :: Decree (v. t.) To ordain by fate.

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..

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

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..

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

Ordinator :: Ordinator (n.) One who ordains or establishes; a director.

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

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