verb
Meaning 1
To prearrange unalterably.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ordain
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ɔɹˈdeɪn/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɔːˈdeɪn/
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rhymes with -eɪn
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CMU ARPABET: AO0 R D EY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To decree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To admit into the ministry, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: lifestyle, religion
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 4
To predestine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 5
issue an order
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: decree
Narrower terms: predestine, will, destine, fate, doom, designate
verb
Meaning 6
appoint to a clerical posts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he was ordained in the Church
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: consecrate, ordinate, order
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: invest, vest, enthrone
verb
Meaning 7
invest with ministerial or priestly authority
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The minister was ordained only last month
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: invest, vest, enthrone
verb
Meaning 8
order by virtue of superior authority; decree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews
- the legislature enacted this law in 1985
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: enact
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decree
Narrower terms: reenact, legislate, pass
History
Etymology
From Middle English ordeynen, from Old French ordiner, from Latin ordinare (“to order”), from ordo (“order”). Doublet of ordinate.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: предписвам (predpisvam) — to prearrange unalterably
- Dutch: vaststellen — to prearrange unalterably
- German: festlegen — to prearrange unalterably
- Latin: scisco — to prearrange unalterably
- Old English: sċrīfan — to prearrange unalterably
- Bulgarian: ръкополагам (rǎkopolagam) — admit into the ministry of a religion
- Catalan: ordenar — admit into the ministry of a religion
- Chinese Mandarin: 按立 (ànlì) — admit into the ministry of a religion
- Danish: ordinere — admit into the ministry of a religion
- German: weihen — admit into the ministry of a religion
- Hawaiian: poni — admit into the ministry of a religion
- Hebrew: הִסְמִיךְ (hismích) — admit into the ministry of a religion
- Indonesian: tahbis — admit into the ministry of a religion
- Irish: oirnigh — admit into the ministry of a religion
- Korean: 임명하다 (immyeonghada) — admit into the ministry of a religion
- Māori: whakawahi — admit into the ministry of a religion
- Māori: whakapiriti — admit into the ministry of a religion
- Māori: whakaminita — admit into the ministry of a religion
- Norwegian Bokmål: ordinere — admit into the ministry of a religion
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ordinere — admit into the ministry of a religion
- Russian: рукополагать (rukopolagatʹ) — admit into the ministry of a religion
- Russian: рукоположить (rukopoložitʹ) — admit into the ministry of a religion
- Spanish: ordenar — admit into the ministry of a religion
- Spanish: tonsurar — admit into the ministry of a religion
- Spanish: ordinar — admit into the ministry of a religion
- Swedish: ordinera — admit into the ministry of a religion
- Swedish: viga — admit into the ministry of a religion
- Swedish: prästviga — admit into the ministry of a religion
- Ukrainian: висвя́чувати (vysvjáčuvaty) — admit into the ministry of a religion
- Ukrainian: ви́святити (výsvjatyty) — admit into the ministry of a religion
- Welsh: ordeinio — admit into the ministry of a religion