Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish.
- 2transitive verb
To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute.
- 3transitive verb
To set apart for an office; to appoint.
- 4transitive 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.
- 5verb
issue an order
- 6verb
appoint to a clerical posts
"he was ordained in the Church"
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- 7verb
invest with ministerial or priestly authority
"The minister was ordained only last month"
- 8verb
order by virtue of superior authority; decree
"The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"
"the legislature enacted this law in 1985"
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