ordaining
present participle ofordain
ordain
verb
uk/ɔːˈdeɪn/us/ɔːrˈdeɪn/ordainverb(CHURCH)
[Toften passive]
toofficiallymake someone apriestor otherreligiousleader, in areligiousceremony:
He was ordained(as)apriestin Elycathedralin 1987.
Religious ceremonies & prayers
- alleluia
- amen
- anoint
- anointed
- anointment
- burnt offering
- communicant
- communion
- confirm
- confirmation
- consecrate
- intercession
- litany
- liturgical
- liturgy
- ordain
- the last rites
- the Lord's Prayer
- unction
- vespers
ordainverb(ORDER)
[T]formal
(ofGodor someone inauthority) toordersomething tohappen:
There isstrongsupporthere for thetougheconomicreformsordained in thefederalcapital, Prague.
[+ that]humorousI don'tknowwho came up with theidea, but thecitycouncilhas ordainedthatall thelocallibrarieswillcloseonMondays.
Giving orders & commands
- all-points bulletin
- boss
- bossily
- bossiness
- bossyboots
- call forsomeone
- charge
- crack the whipidiom
- defy
- detail
- expect
- harry
- importunate
- lay down the lawidiom
- mandate
- officious
- ordain
- prescribe
- prescribed
- stick out forsomething
Examplesofordaining
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Enframing is anordainingof destining, as is every way of revealing.
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What assessment he has made of the financial implications ofordainingfemale bishops.
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It is not the object of any denomination, by deferring its students and byordainingthem earlier, to obtain complete exemption from national service.
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The question is whether the habit of notordainingwomen has been such an historic negative that it should rightly be described as a doctrine.
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Her father, who had a change of heart, was among theordainingbishops present and proudly patted her with affection after the liturgy.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This group opposed to the practice ofordainingwomen ministers.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He trained young men for the clergy, oftenordainingthem without permission.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Bassui resistedordainingas a monk just yet, and waited for another nine years before becoming one.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In 2003, the church beganordainingwomen to the diaconate.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He created history byordainingtwo clergymen from the backward classes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Traditionally these roles were male preserves, but over the last century, an increasing number of denominations have begunordainingwomen.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, the custom ofordainingonly men was the norm.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Ordainingas a monk, even for a short period, is seen as having many virtues.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.During the early 1990s, the church beganordainingwomen to the diaconate.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The king rewarded the field marshal byordainingthat all his male offspring would become generals and officers.
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