ordained Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb order by virtue of superior authority; decree
    ordain; enact.
    • The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews
    • the legislature enacted this law in 1985
  2. verb appoint to a clerical posts
    ordinate; consecrate; ordain; order.
    • he was ordained in the Church
  3. verb invest with ministerial or priestly authority
    ordain.
    • The minister was ordained only last month
  4. verb issue an order
    ordain.
  5. adjective satellite fixed or established especially by order or command
    prescribed; appointed; decreed.
    • at the time appointed (or the appointed time")
  6. adjective satellite invested with ministerial or priestly functions
    • an ordained priest

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