adj
Meaning 1
Established by authority.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ordained
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Pronunciation
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General-American: /ɔɹˈdeɪnd/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɔːˈdeɪnd/
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rhymes with -eɪnd
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CMU ARPABET: AO0 R D EY1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Admitted to the ministry of the church.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- There was much pomp at the ceremony that made him an ordained minister.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of ordain
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
invested with ministerial or priestly functions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an ordained priest
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
fixed or established especially by order or command)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- at the time appointed (or the appointed time
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: appointed, decreed, prescribed
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Plautdietsch: bestädicht — established by authority
Real reading context