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1. (v.t.) ordain
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
2. ordain
to enact or establish by law, edict, etc.
3. ordain
to decree; give orders for.
4. ordain
(of God, fate, etc.) to destine or predestine.
5. (v.i.) ordain
to order or command.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME < OF ordener < L ordināre to order, arrange, appoint. See ordination)
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1. (verb) ordain, enact
order by virtue of superior authority; decree
"The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"
2. (verb) ordain, consecrate, ordinate, order
appoint to a clerical posts
"he was ordained in the Church"
3. (verb) ordain
invest with ministerial or priestly authority
"The minister was ordained only last month"
4. (verb) ordain
issue an order
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Sense: to make (someone) a priest, minister etc, usually by a church ceremony
He was ordained a priest.
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 Afrikaans: orden, inseën, bevestig |
 Arabic: يَرْسُم الشَّخْصَ كاهِنا |
 Bulgarian: ръкополагам |
 Brazilian: ordenar |
 Czech: vysvětlit |
 German: ordinieren |
 Danish: ordinere |
 Greek: χειροτονώ |
 Spanish: ordenar |
 Estonian: ordineerima |
 Farsi: منصوب کردن |
 Finnish: vihkiä |
 French: ordonner |
 Hebrew: לְהַסמִיך לִכמוּרָה |
 Hindi: अभिषेक करना |
 Croatian: zarediti |
 Hungarian: felszentel |
 Indonesian: menahbiskan |
 Icelandic: vígja |
 Italian: ordinare |
 Japanese: 聖職を授ける |
 Korean: …에게 성직을 수여하다 |
 Lithuanian: įšventinti |
 Latvian: ordinēt, iesvētīt (par mā |
 Malay: mentahbiskan |
 Dutch: wijden |
 Norwegian: ordinere, prestevie |
 Polish: wyświęcać |
 Persian: منصوب کردن |
 Pashto: منصوب كول |
 Portuguese: ordenar |
 Romanian: a hirotonisi |
 Russian: посвящать в духовный сан |
 Slovak: vysvätiť |
 Slovenian: posvetiti |
 Serbian: zarediti se |
 Swedish: prästviga, ordinera |
 Thai: บวชพระ |
 Turkish: papaz yapmak |
 Taiwanese: 任命…為牧師或神父，授以…聖職 |
 Ukrainian: висвячувати; визначати |
 Urdu: مقرر کرنا |
 Vietnamese: phong chức (tôn giáo) |
 Chinese: 任命某人为牧师，授予某人圣职 |
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