to ordain
18
6.9
- verb
- /ɔrˈdeɪn/
- Formal
:
establecer
- Do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
- divinely ordained
- ordained by God
- ordained minister
Every meeting I have is ordained by God.
- Every meeting I have is ordained by God.
- And they're not driven by the emotion, but they behave as reason ordains, which goes, you know, to Andy's question once again.
- Seemingly larger than life individuals who often believe or their followers believe are divinely ordained to rid the world of evil.
- He foresaw, he ordained, He intended all those actions of men which we so rashly pronounce criminal.
- Fates has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace.
- So something that was handed on down from on high ordaining a certain state of affairs.
- We're going to be researching and ordaining some options for non gendered sister and or they brother them of the parent.
Examples
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Ordained by royal decree!
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Catholics teach that Christ is also present in the person of his ordained minister; again, Sacrosanctum Concilium, no. 7.
Academic text (2013) -
"Do ordain and establish this constitution."
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Did you know that anyone can become legally ordained as a minister?
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After her husband's death, she informed her children of her plans to be ordained.
Academic text (1997) -
God has ordained these casts and these classes.
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A state legislature bars ordained clergy from becoming candidates for public office.
Academic text (1993) -
When I first heard about women being ordained to the diaconate, I was also very uncomfortable.
Blog text (17) -
Defiance of this Committee, duly elected and ordained by the people, will not be tolerated.
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The council decided to ordain new regulations to improve public health.
Synonyms
172
4.7
To make a rule into law by an official vote or order
169
4.9
To officially require someone to do something
37
5.3
To order something officially by a government or official
24
8.0
Officially announce a new law or rule so it starts to apply
To give a strict official order that people must follow
How Forceful
307
2.7
- Formal
37
5.3
- Formal
18
6.9
902
1.3
∞
2.1
∞
1.6
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word ordain comes from the Latin ordinare, meaning 'to put in order', from ordo 'order', and it has the same root as the English word order. That's why to ordain a law or rule is to officially 'order' it by authority.