Definition of ordain

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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..

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Coordain :: Coordain (v. t.) To ordain or appoint for some purpose along with another.
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..
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..
Establishment :: Establishment (n.) The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
Preorder :: Preorder (v. t.) To order to arrange beforehand; to foreordain.
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..
Predestinator :: Predestinator (n.) One who predestinates, or foreordains..
Establish :: Establish (a.) To appoint or constitute for permanence, as officers, laws, regulations, etc.; to enact; to ordain..
Bishop :: Bishop (n.) In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see..
Ordainer :: Ordainer (n.) One who ordains.
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..
Ordinator :: Ordinator (n.) One who ordains or establishes; a director.
Ordinand :: Ordinand (n.) One about to be ordained.
Predestine :: Predestine (v. t.) To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate.
Order :: Order (n.) To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.
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..
Will :: Will (n.) To form a distinct volition of; to determine by an act of choice; to ordain; to decree.
Ordainment :: Ordainment (n.) Ordination.
Ordinal :: Ordinal (n.) The book of forms for making, ordaining, and consecrating bishops, priests, and deacons..
Preordinate :: Preordinate (a.) Preordained.
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