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ordaininvest 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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ordainlate 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 [..]
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ordainOrder or decree.
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ordain(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
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ordainscisco, volo, monstro
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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.
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