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ordainment

ordainment

8.5
An official act by people in power that appoints someone or makes a rule
  • noun
  • /ɔrˈdeɪnmənt/
  • Archaic
translation icon : designación
  • The ordainment of the teacher as the new head of the department was welcomed by the staff.

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Examples

  • After much deliberation, the council announced the ordainment of new city regulations.

  • It was an, an ordainment right there will be light regardless of what you, you know, may, may want.

  • The ordainment of the new bishop was celebrated with a grand ceremony.

Synonyms

appointment
vsordainment
  • Formal
183 2.5

An official job or position someone is given

covers that choice but also broader acts of establishing or ordering
commission
vsordainment
  • Formal
132 4.9

An official document that gives someone authority or rank

focuses more broadly on establishing or ordering, not only documents
assignment
vsordainment
  • Formal
130 2.9

Putting someone into a job or role

is broader, covering any authoritative act to set roles or orders
establishment
vsordainment
56 4.1

The act of starting something new, like a company or project

is narrower toward ordering or appointing rather than founding things
edict
vsordainment
  • Formal
27 7.2

An official order from a person or government in power that people must follow

is more specifically about establishing or assigning roles by authority
designation
vsordainment
  • Formal
15 4.9

The official act of giving someone a job, title, or status

is the wider act by authority to establish or order roles
ordination
vsordainment
  • Formal
15 7.0

A ceremony that makes someone a priest, minister, or religious leader

is secular and applies broadly to establishing or ordering roles
installation
vsordainment
  • Formal
11 4.1

A ceremony that puts someone into an official job

is the general authoritative act not limited to formal ceremonies
inauguration
vsordainment
7 6.5

To start a new system or policy in an organization

is focused more on ordering or assigning rather than starting systems
naming
vsordainment
  • Formal
4 3.5

Choosing someone for a job or official position, not by election

is the general authoritative act to create or order such assignments
commissioning
vsordainment
  • Formal
3 6.0

Giving official permission for people or equipment to start work

is the general act of setting up authority or ordering roles
accession
vsordainment
  • Formal
1 8.1

Becoming a ruler or taking the throne

describes the act of authority establishing roles rather than the gaining event
reordination
vsordainment
  • Specialized
9.9

The act of giving someone a religious position again

is the general act of establishing by authority, not a religious repeat

How Official

decree
  • Formal
80 5.7
proclamation
  • Formal
59 5.5
ordainment
  • Archaic
8.5
declaration
  • Formal
150 3.7
decision
1.0

Surface Forms

ordination singular
ordinations plural

Morphology

ordainment = ordain (transparent) = ordain + ment

A regular nominalization of the verb 'ordain' referring to the act or process; meaning follows expected English derivation.

Etymology

Ordainment comes from the root ordain, a word that means 'to set in order' or 'to appoint' and is like the common word order. That is why an ordainment can mean the act of officially making, ordering, or establishing something.