ordain

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English ordeynen, from Old French ordiner, from Latin ordinare (“to order”), from ordo (“order”). Doublet of ordinate. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ɔɹˈdeɪn/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɔːˈdeɪn/ Rhymes: -eɪn Hyphenation: or‧dain === Verb === ordain (third-person singular simple present ordains, present participle ordaining, simple past and past participle ordained) To prearrange unalterably. To decree. (religion) To admit into the ministry, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi. To predestine. ==== Synonyms ==== foresay ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === ordination === Further reading === “ordain”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “ordain”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “ordain”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Orinda, Dorian, Rodina, darion, ranoid, NORAID, inroad, Ardoin, donair, radion, dorian, draino