Meaning ordain
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ordain


invest with ministerial or priestly authority One of the present bishops was consecrated when quite a young boy, and deacons are often ordained at sixteen, and even much earlier. — Bird, Isabella L. ( [..]
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late 13c., "to appoint or admit to the ministry of the Church," from stem of Old French ordener "place in order, arrange, prepare; consecrate, designate" (Modern French ordonner) a [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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ordain


Order or decree.
Source: learnnc.org (offline)

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(v) order by virtue of superior authority; decree(v) issue an order(v) appoint to a clerical posts(v) invest with ministerial or priestly authority
Source: beedictionary.com

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ordain


scisco, volo, monstro
Source: latin-dictionary.org (offline)

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ordain


To prearrange unalterably. To decree. To admit into the ministry of a religion, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi. To predestine.
Source: en.wiktionary.org





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