Definition of Ordained

1. Adjective. Fixed or established especially by order or command. "At the time appointed (or the appointed time"

Exact synonyms: Appointed, Decreed, Prescribed
Similar to: Settled

2. Adjective. Invested with ministerial or priestly functions. "An ordained priest"

Definition of Ordained

1. Adjective. Established by authority. ¹

2. Adjective. Admitted to the ministry of the church. ¹

3. Verb. (past of ordain) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ordained

1. ordain [v] - See also: ordain

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ordained

orcin
orcine
orcines
orcinol
orcinol test
orcinols
orcins
orciprenaline
orciprenaline sulfate
orcos
orcs
ord
ordain
ordainable
ordained (current term)
ordainer
ordainers
ordaining
ordainment
ordainments
ordains
ordalian
ordalium
ordaliums
orde
ordeal
ordeal bean
ordeal tree
ordeals

Literary usage of Ordained

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"He studied at the English College at Reims, and was ordained there in September, ... Born in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, in 1846, he was ordained, ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"He was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge (BA, 1881), and was ordered deacon in 1883 and ordained priest in the following year. He was curate of St. John's, ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Bishop O'Connell was bom in June, 1815, at Kingscourt, in the Diocese of Meath, Ireland; he studied and was ordained in St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"He was ordained there by Cardinal Morlot in 1861, and returned to California. Father Manogue was sent to work in the territory of Nevada about 1864. ..."

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