Word Meanings - ORDAIN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; to introduce into the office of the Christian ministry, by the laying on of hands, or other forms; to set apart by the ceremony of ordination. Meletius was ordained by Arian bishops.

Additional info about word: ORDAIN

To invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; to introduce into the office of the Christian ministry, by the laying on of hands, or other forms; to set apart by the ceremony of ordination. Meletius was ordained by Arian bishops. Bp. Stillingfleet. (more info) 1. To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish. "Battle well ordained." Spenser. The stake that shall be ordained on either side. Chaucer. 2. To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute. Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month. 1 Kings xii. 32. And doth the power that man adores ordain Their doom Byron. 3. To set apart for an office; to appoint. Being ordained his special governor. Shak.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ORDAIN)

• Appoint
• Fix
• determine
• instal
• allot
• order
• prescribe
• institute
• employ
• apportion
• apply
• designate
• assign
• intrust
• invest
• ordain
• arrange
• Destine
• Purpose
• intend
• design
• doom
• devote
• Enjoin
• Impress
• mand
• commission
• direct
• admonish
• appoint
• oblige
• Institute
• Found
• establish
• erect
• induct
• originate
• begin
• form
• organize

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ORDAIN)

• Learn
• be impressed
• be studious
• be mindful
• Chance
• risk
• hazard
• revoke
• Miscalculate
• venture
• stake

Related words: (words related to ORDAIN)

• ASSIGNEE
  In England, the persons appointed, under a commission of bankruptcy, to manage the estate of a bankrupt for the benefit of his creditors. (more info) A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act,
• ADMONISHER
  One who admonishes.
• CHANCELLERY
  Chancellorship. Gower.
• DIRECT CURRENT
  A current flowing in one direction only; -- distinguished from alternating current. When steady and not pulsating a direct current is often called a continuous current. A direct induced current, or momentary current of the same direction as the
• HAZARDIZE
  A hazardous attempt or situation; hazard. Herself had run into that hazardize. Spenser.
• INVESTIGATION
  The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge,
• DESIGN
  drawing, dessein a plan or scheme; all, ultimately, from L. designare to designate; de- + signare to mark, mark out, signum mark, sign. See 1. To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace
• DIRECTER
  One who directs; a director. Directer plane , the plane to which all right-lined elements in a warped surface are parallel.
• REVOKER
  One who revokes.
• DESIGNATE
  Designated; appointed; chosen. Sir G. Buck.
• ALLOTTABLE
  Capable of being allotted.
• PURPOSELESS
  Having no purpose or result; objectless. Bp. Hall. -- Pur"pose*less*ness, n.
• FOUNDATION
  The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course , under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry. 4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution,
• FOUNDER
  One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
• VENTURESOME
  Inclined to venture; not loth to run risk or danger; venturous; bold; daring; adventurous; as, a venturesome boy or act. -- Ven"ture*some*ly, adv. -- Ven"ture*some*ness, n.
• INTENDENT
  See N
• OBLIGER
  One who, or that which, obliges. Sir H. Wotton.
• ALLOTRIOPHAGY
  A depraved appetite; a desire for improper food.
• ORDAINMENT
  Ordination. Burke.
• INVESTIGATIVE
  Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching.
• UNEMPLOYMENT
  Quality or state of being not employed; -- used esp. in economics, of the condition of various social classes when temporarily thrown out of employment, as those engaged for short periods, those whose trade is decaying, and those least competent.
• DISVENTURE
  A disadventure. Shelton.
• INDEVOTE
  Not devoted. Bentley. Clarendon.
• CONFOUNDED
  1. Confused; perplexed. A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth. 2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. He was a most confounded tory. Swift. The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott.
• IMBORDER
  To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.
• HALF-LEARNED
  Imperfectly learned.