ORDAIN
\ɔːdˈe͡ɪn], \ɔːdˈeɪn], \ɔː_d_ˈeɪ_n]\
Definitions of ORDAIN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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issue an order
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invest with ministerial or priestly authority; "The minister was ordained only last month"
By Princeton University
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issue an order
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invest with ministerial or priestly authority; "The minister was ordained only last month"
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authorize as a rabbi; "Our rabbi was ordained in Spain"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish.
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To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute.
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To set apart for an office; to appoint.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish.
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To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute.
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To set apart for an office; to appoint.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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To appoint or set apart for some special work; as, to ordain a minister or priest; decree; establish; as, fate ordains our destiny.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To put in order: to appoint: to regulate: to set in an office: to invest with ministerial functions.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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