ordain
pronunciation
How to pronounce ordain in British English:
UK [ɔ:ˈdeɪn]
How to pronounce ordain in American English:
US [ɔrˈdeɪn]
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- Verb:
- order by virtue of superior authority; decree
- appoint to a clerical posts
- invest with ministerial or priestly authority
- issue an order
Word Origin
- ordain
- ordain: see order
- ordain (v.)
- late 13c., "to appoint or admit to the ministry of the Church," from stem of Old French ordener "place in order, arrange, prepare; consecrate, designate" (Modern French ordonner) and directly from Latin ordinare "put in order, arrange, dispose, appoint," from ordo (genitive ordinis) "order" (see order (n.)). The notion is "to confer holy orders upon." Meaning "to decree, enact" is from c. 1300; sense of "to set (something) that will continue in a certain order" is from early 14c. Related: Ordained; ordaining.
Example
- 1. And so ordain I in all churches .
- 2. She tried to get ordained but , because she was a female , nobody would ordain her .
- 3. The chinese patriotic catholic association insists that it , not the vatican , has the authority to ordain bishops in china .
- 4. Chinese state-controlled church ordain bishop despite vatican objection .
- 5. Do for aaron and his sons everything I have commanded you , taking seven days to ordain them .