ORDAIN
Dictionary entry overview: What does ordain mean?
• ORDAIN (verb)
The verb ORDAIN has 4 senses:
1. order by virtue of superior authority; decree
2. appoint to a clerical posts
3. invest with ministerial or priestly authority
4. issue an order
Familiarity information: ORDAIN used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• ORDAIN (verb)
Meaning:
Order by virtue of superior authority; decree
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
enact; ordain
Context examples:
The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews / the legislature enacted this law in 1985
Hypernyms (to "ordain" is one way to...):
decree (issue a decree)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ordain"):
reenact (enact again)
legislate; pass (make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Appoint to a clerical posts
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
consecrate; ordinate; ordain; order
Context example:
he was ordained in the Church
Hypernyms (to "ordain" is one way to...):
enthrone; invest; vest (provide with power and authority)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Meaning:
Invest with ministerial or priestly authority
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
The minister was ordained only last month
Hypernyms (to "ordain" is one way to...):
enthrone; invest; vest (provide with power and authority)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Issue an order
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "ordain" is one way to...):
decree (issue a decree)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ordain"):
predestine (decree or determine beforehand)
will (decree or ordain)
designate; destine; doom; fate (decree or designate beforehand)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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