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Definitions for Ordaining
[1] to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
[2] to enact or establish by law, edict, etc.: to ordain a new type of government.
[3] to decree; give orders for: He ordained that the restrictions were to be lifted.
[4] (of God, fate, etc.) to destine or predestine: Fate had ordained the meeting.
[5] to order or command: Thus do the gods ordain.
[6] to select for or appoint to an office.
[7] to invest someone with sacerdotal functions.
[8] to consecrate (someone) as a priest; confer holy orders upon
[9] (may take a clause as object) to decree, appoint, or predestine irrevocably
[10] (may take a clause as object) to order, establish, or enact with authority
[11] obsolete to select for an office
Words related to Ordaining
ordainappoint, elect, anoint, nominate, bless, consecrate, enact, legislate, decree, set, frock, deal, institute, invest, fix, impose, pronounce, rule, will, commission
Words nearby Ordaining
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Origin of Ordaining
1250–1300; Middle English ordeinen < Old French ordener < Latin ordināre to order, arrange, appoint. See ordination
Other words from Ordaining
or·dain·a·ble , adjective
or·dain·er , noun
or·dain·ment , noun
re·or·dain , verb (used with object)
self-or·dained , adjective
self-or·dain·er , noun
su·per·or·dain , verb (used without object)
un·or·dain·a·ble , adjective
un·or·dained , adjective
Word origin for Ordaining
C13: from Anglo-Norman ordeiner, from Late Latin ordināre, from Latin ordo order
Synonyms for Ordaining
anoint, appoint, bless, consecrate, elect, enact, nominate, call, commission, constitute, deal, decree, delegate, destine, dictate, enjoin, fix, frock, impose, institute, invest, legislate, order, prescribe, pronounce, rule, set, will, deal with, lay down the law, put foot down, walk heavy