Definition of ordain

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

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Destiny :: Destiny (n.) That to which any person or thing is destined; predetermined state; condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom.
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..
Ordainable :: Ordainable (a.) Capable of being ordained; worthy to be ordained or appointed.
Title :: Title (n.) A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside..
Ordaining :: Ordaining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ordai.
Settle :: Settle (n.) To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish; as, to settle a minister..
Institute :: Institute (v. t.) To set up; to establish; to ordain; as, to institute laws, rules, etc..
Foreordain :: Foreordain (v. t.) To ordain or appoint beforehand; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine.
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..
Ordinable :: Ordinable (a.) Capable of being ordained or appointed.
Reordain :: Reordain (v. t.) To ordain again, as when the first ordination is considered defective..
Ordinant :: Ordinant (a.) Ordaining; decreeing.
Ordinability :: Ordinability (n.) Capability of being ordained or appointed.
Ordinand :: Ordinand (n.) One about to be ordained.
Ordinant :: Ordinant (n.) One who ordains.
Preordination :: Preordination (n.) The act of foreordaining: previous determination.
Acolyte :: Acolyte (n.) One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic church, being ordained to carry the wine and water and the lights at the Mass..
Providence :: Providence (n.) A manifestation of the care and superintendence which God exercises over his creatures; an event ordained by divine direction.
Ordained :: Ordained (imp. & p. p.) of Ordai.
Ordain :: Ordain (v. t.) To set apart for an office; to appoint.
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