ordain
Meaning
Verb
- To prearrange unalterably.
- To decree.
- To admit into the ministry, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi.
- To predestine.
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Origin
- From Middle English ordeynen, from Old French ordiner, from Latin ordinare ("to order"), from ordo. ordinate.
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