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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ordaining :: Ordaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ordai.

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

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

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.

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..

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..

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

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