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Will :: Will (n.) To form a distinct volition of; to determine by an act of choice; to ordain; to decree.

Ordain :: Ordain (v. t.) To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute..

Coordain :: Coordain (v. t.) To ordain or appoint for some purpose along with another.

Foreordain :: Foreordain (v. t.) To ordain or appoint beforehand; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine.

Theodicy :: Theodicy (n.) A vindication of the justice of God in ordaining or permitting natural and moral evil.

Gremial :: Gremial (n.) A cloth, often adorned with gold or silver lace, placed on the bishop's lap while he sits in celebrating mass, or in ordaining priests..

Presbyter :: Presbyter (n.) One ordained to the second order in the ministry; -- called also priest.

Order :: Order (n.) To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.

Ordinable :: Ordinable (a.) Capable of being ordained or appointed.

Ordination :: Ordination (n.) The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc..

Ordain :: Ordain (v. t.) To set apart for an office; to appoint.

Ordainer :: Ordainer (n.) One who ordains.

Popish :: Popish (a.) Of or pertaining to the pope; taught or ordained by the pope; hence, of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church; -- often used opprobriously..

Decree :: Decree (v. t.) To determine judicially by authority, or by decree; to constitute by edict; to appoint by decree or law; to determine; to order; to ordain; as, a court decrees a restoration of property..

Bishop :: Bishop (n.) In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see..

Priest :: Priest (v. t.) To ordain as priest.

Arbiter :: Arbiter (n.) Any person who has the power of judging and determining, or ordaining, without control; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited..

Predestinate :: Predestinate (a.) Predestinated; foreordained; fated.

Ordinand :: Ordinand (n.) One about to be ordained.

Preordinate :: Preordinate (a.) Preordained.

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