ordain

ordain is a 6-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish.
2. transitive verb. To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute.
3. transitive verb. To set apart for an office; to appoint.
4. transitive verb. 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.
5. verb. issue an order
6. verb. appoint to a clerical posts

   "he was ordained in the Church"

   Synonyms: consecrate, order, ordinate

7. verb. invest with ministerial or priestly authority

   "The minister was ordained only last month"

8. verb. order by virtue of superior authority; decree

   "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"

   "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"

   Synonyms: enact

Synonyms

consecrate, order, ordinate, enact

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ordain:

donair, dorian, inroad, radion

Common word forms

ordains, ordained, ordainer, ordaining, ordainable, ordainment

Words from these letters

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