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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..

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..

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

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

Ordain :: Ordain (v. t.) To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute..

Ordain :: Ordain (v. t.) To invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; to introduce into the office of the Christian ministry, by the laying on of hands, or other forms; to set apart by the ceremony of ordination..

Foreordinate :: Foreordinate (v. t.) To foreordain.

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

Arbiter :: Arbiter (n.) Any person who has the power of judging and determining, or ordaining, without control; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited..

Predestinator :: Predestinator (n.) One who predestinates, or foreordains..

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

Establish :: Establish (a.) To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain..

Title :: Title (n.) A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside..

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..

Predestine :: Predestine (v. t.) To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate.

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

Institutor :: Institutor (n.) One who institutes, founds, ordains, or establishes..

Predestinate :: Predestinate (a.) Predestinated; foreordained; fated.

Gremial :: Gremial (n.) A cloth, often adorned with gold or silver lace, placed on the bishop's lap while he sits in celebrating mass, or in ordaining priests..

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