Definition of Ordain

1. Verb. Order by virtue of superior authority; decree. "The legislature enacted this law in 1985"

Exact synonyms: Enact
Generic synonyms: Decree
Specialized synonyms: Reenact, Legislate, Pass
Derivative terms: Enactment

2. Verb. Appoint to a clerical posts. "He was ordained in the Church"
Exact synonyms: Consecrate, Order, Ordinate
Generic synonyms: Enthrone, Invest, Vest
Derivative terms: Consecration, Consecration, Ordainer, Ordinance, Order

3. Verb. Invest with ministerial or priestly authority. "The minister was ordained only last month"
Generic synonyms: Enthrone, Invest, Vest
Derivative terms: Ordainer, Ordinance

4. Verb. Issue an order.
Specialized synonyms: Predestine, Will, Designate, Destine, Doom, Fate
Generic synonyms: Decree
Derivative terms: Ordinance

Definition of Ordain

1. v. t. To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish.

Definition of Ordain

1. to invest with holy authority [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Ordain

1. 1. To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish. "Battle well ordained." "The stake that shall be ordained on either side." (Chaucer) 2. To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute. "Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month." (1 Kings xii. 32) "And doth the power that man adores ordain Their doom ?" (Byron) 3. To set apart for an office; to appoint. "Being ordained his special governor." (Shak) 4. 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. "Meletius was ordained by Arian bishops." (Bp. Stillingfleet) Origin: OE. Ordeinen, OF. Ordener, F. Ordonner, fr. L. Ordinare, from ordo, ordinis, order. See Order, and cf. Ordinance. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ordain

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Orcinus
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Orcus
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