empower to function in a religious office; determine law, establish order; destine, set apart for a particular purpose or function; command
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Ordain Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Ordain Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish.
To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish.
(v. t.)
To set apart for an office; to appoint.
To set apart for an office; to appoint.
(v. t.)
To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute.
To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute.
(v. t.)
To invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; to introduce into the office of the Christian ministry, by the laying on of hands, or other forms; to set apart by the ceremony of ordination.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; to introduce into the office of the Christian ministry, by the laying on of hands, or other forms; to set apart by the ceremony of ordination.
ordain
\or*dain"\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. ordained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. ordaining.] [oe. ordeinen, of. ordener, f. ordonner, fr. l. ordinare, from ordo, ordinis, order. see order, and cf. ordinance.]
1. to set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish. "battle well ordained." the stake that shall be ordained on either side.
2. to regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute. jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month. --1 kings xii. 32. and doth the power that man adores ordain their doom ?
3. to set apart for an office; to appoint. being ordained his special governor.
4. (eccl.) to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; to introduce into the office of the christian ministry, by the laying on of hands, or other forms; to set apart by the ceremony of ordination. meletius was ordained by arian bishops. stillingfleet.
ordain
v
1. order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "the king ordained the persecution and expulsion of the jews" [syn: enact]
2. of clerical posts; "he was ordained in the church" [syn: consecrate, order]
3. authorize as a rabbi; "our rabbi was ordained in spain"
4. invest with ministerial or priestly authority; "the minister was ordained only last month"
5. issue an order
Urddo = v. to dignify, to ordain
Urddoli = v. to ordain
Verb
1. order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"
(synonym) enact
(hypernym) decree
(hyponym) reenact
2. appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"
(synonym) consecrate, ordinate, order
(hypernym) invest, vest, enthrone
(derivation) ordainer
3. invest with ministerial or priestly authority; "The minister was ordained only last month"
(hypernym) invest, vest, enthrone
(derivation) ordainer
4. issue an order
(hypernym) decree
(hyponym) predestine
(derivation) ordinance
Ordain Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
In general religious use, ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart as clergy to perform various religious rites and ceremonies. The process and ceremonies of ordination itself varies by religion and denomination. One who is in preparation for, or who is undergoing the process of, ordination is sometimes called an ordinand. The liturgy used at an ordination is sometimes referred to as an ordinal.
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Ordain Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
To ordain is to make an ordinance, to enact a law.
In the Constitution of the United States, the preamble declares that the people "do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America." The 3rd article of the same Constitution declares, that "the judicial power shall be vested in one supreme court, and in such inferior courts as the congress may from time to time ordain and establish."
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Courtesy of the 'Lectric Law Library.In the Constitution of the United States, the preamble declares that the people "do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America." The 3rd article of the same Constitution declares, that "the judicial power shall be vested in one supreme court, and in such inferior courts as the congress may from time to time ordain and establish."
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
