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or·dain  (ôr-dn)

tr.v. or·dained, or·dain·ing, or·dains

1.

a. To invest with ministerial or priestly authority; confer holy orders on.

b. To authorize as a rabbi.

2. To order by virtue of superior authority; decree or enact.

3. To prearrange unalterably; predestine: by fate ordained. See Synonyms at dictate.

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[Middle English ordeinen, from Old French ordener, ordein-, from Latin rdinre, to organize, appoint to office, from rd, rdin-, order; see ar- in Indo-European roots.]

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or·dainer n.

or·dainment n.

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ordain [ɔːˈdeɪn]

vb (tr)

1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) to consecrate (someone) as a priest; confer holy orders upon

2. (may take a clause as object) to decree, appoint, or predestine irrevocably

3. (may take a clause as object) to order, establish, or enact with authority

4. Obsolete to select for an office

[from Anglo-Norman ordeiner, from Late Latin ordināre, from Latin ordo order]

ordainer  n

ordainment  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	ordain - order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985" enact decree - issue a decree; "The King only can decree" reenact - enact again; "Congress reenacted the law" legislate, pass - make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation; "They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how people spend their free time"
	2.	ordain - appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church" consecrate, ordinate, order enthrone, vest, invest - provide with power and authority; "They vested the council with special rights"
	3.	ordain - invest with ministerial or priestly authority; "The minister was ordained only last month" enthrone, vest, invest - provide with power and authority; "They vested the council with special rights"
	4.	ordain - issue an order predestine - decree or determine beforehand will - decree or ordain; "God wills our existence" destine, doom, fate, designate - decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" decree - issue a decree; "The King only can decree"

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ordain

verb

1. appoint, call, name, commission, select, elect, invest, install, nominate, anoint, consecrate, frock Her brother was ordained as a priest in 1982.

2. (Formal) order, will, rule, demand, require, direct, establish, command, dictate, prescribe, pronounce, lay down, decree, instruct, enact, legislate, enjoin He ordained that women should be veiled in public.

3. predestine, fate, intend, mark out, predetermine, foreordain, destine, preordain His future seemed ordained right from the start.

Translations

ordain [ɔːˈdeɪn]

A. VT

1. (= order) → ordenar, decretar; [God] → mandar, disponer
it was ordained that → se dispuso que ...

2. (Rel) → ordenar
to ordain sb priest → ordenar a algn sacerdote
to be ordained → ordenarse

B. VI → mandar, disponer
as God ordains → según manda Dios, como Dios manda

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ordain [ɔː^rˈdeɪn] vt

[+ priest] → ordonner
to be ordained → être ordonné prêtre

(= decree) → décréter
to ordain that ... → décréter que ...

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ordain

vt

sb → ordinieren; (Eccl) a priest → weihen; to be ordained priest/to the ministry → ordiniert werden; (Catholic also) → zum Priester geweiht werden

(= destine: God, fate) → wollen, bestimmen; God has ordained that man should die → Gott hat es gewollt or hat bestimmt, dass der Mensch sterbe; fate ordained that he should die, it was ordained that he should die → das Schicksal hat es so gefügt or es war ihm vom Schicksal bestimmt, dass er sterben sollte

(= decree) (law) → bestimmen; (ruler) → verfügen

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ordain [ɔːˈdeɪn] vt

a. (decree) → decretare
it was ordained that ... (fig) → era destino che...

b. (Rel) → ordinare

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ordain

v ordain [oːˈdein]

to make (someone) a priest, minister etc, usually by a church ceremony He was ordained a priest. orden, inseën, bevestig يَرْسُم الشَّخْصَ كاهِنا ръкополагам vysvětlit ordinere ordinieren χειροτονώ ordenar ordineerima منصوب کردن vihkiä ordonner לְהַסמִיך לִכמוּרָה अभिषेक करना zarediti felszentel menahbiskan vígja ordinare 聖職を授ける …에게 성직을 수여하다 įšventinti ordinēt, iesvētīt (par mācītāju) mentahbiskan wijden ordinere, prestevie wyświęcać ordenar a hirotonisi посвящать в духовный сан vysvätiť posvetiti zarediti se prästviga, ordinera สั่งอย่างเป็นทางการ papaz yapmak 立(某人)為神甫或牧師，任命(牧師) висвячувати; визначати مقرر کرنا phong chức (tôn giáo) 立（某人）为神甫或牧师，任命（牧师）