to ordain

Examples

• All

• Sophie Garland, another cybernetics person, is an ordained pastor of the Ecumenical Church.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Tonight, we ordain another into our coven.

  Hack-O-Lantern (1988)

• And guess who got ordained as a minister?

  Haunted Mansion (2023)

• I will not, for I am king, ordained by God!

  The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)

• A friend of mine had himself ordained, a minister of his own religion.

  From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

• I am a fully-ordained minister.

  Bugs in Love (1932)

• Lynn is also an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ.

  Academic text (2001)

• Carl was ordained a priest, around the time that Julie died.

  The Hagstone Demon (2011)

• Our parish petitioned the diocese to ordain you as a priest.

  Father Stu (2022)

• After studies in Holland and England, he was ordained a priest in 1849.

  Academic text (1993)

Synonyms

C

to consecrate

vsto ordain

• Formal

33 7.4

To make a place or person holy by a ceremony

focuses on appointing a person to priestly office rather than declaring sacred

O

to order

vsto ordain

• Formal

30 8.4

To make someone a priest or minister

is the formal ceremony that confers priestly status rather than just appointment

A

to anoint

vsto ordain

• Formal

27 7.2

To officially choose someone for a job, often as a sign that they have power

is the official liturgical ceremony that makes someone a priest, not just chosen

O

to ordinate

vsto ordain

• Formal

9.9

To make someone a priest or church leader

is the ceremonial process that formally makes someone a priest

How Religious

to consecrate

• Formal

33 7.4

to ordain

• Formal

38 7.3

to install

• Formal

69 3.9

Surface Forms

Etymology