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

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

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

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..

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..

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

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..

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

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

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

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..

Preordinate :: Preordinate (a.) Preordained.

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

Coordain :: Coordain (v. t.) To ordain or appoint for some purpose along with another.

Will :: Will (n.) To form a distinct volition of; to determine by an act of choice; to ordain; to decree.

Theodicy :: Theodicy (n.) A vindication of the justice of God in ordaining or permitting natural and moral evil.

Foreordain :: Foreordain (v. t.) To ordain or appoint beforehand; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine.

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

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