ordain

«ordain» in Mova's school dictionary: to make them a priest, minister or rabbi in a special… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (ordain, ordains, ordained, ordaining)

meaning for a pupil

1) (church) To ordain someone is to make them a priest, minister or rabbi in a special religious ceremony. tree →

2) (formal) To ordain something is to order or decide it officially, as a king or law does. tree →

3) (formal) To decide what will happen, as if by God or fate: «It was ordained that they would meet». tree →

sense in the lessons

In religious education a bishop ordains new priests; some churches ordain women and some do not. In old stories and formal writing a king may ordain a new law. Phrases: «be ordained a priest», «ordained minister», «divinely ordained».

examples

• The bishop ordained three new priests. tree →
• My uncle was ordained a minister last summer. tree →
• Some churches ordain women as priests. tree →
• The king ordained that a feast be held. tree →
• The ceremony to ordain a priest is called ordination. tree →
• She felt it was ordained that she would become a nurse. tree →
• An ordained minister can lead a wedding service. tree →

note

Regular verb, past «ordained». Noun: ordination. Formal word. Related: order, ordinance (a law).

In the corpora

• O LORD, Thou hast ordained them for judgment, and Thou, O Rock, hast established them for correction.
• Thou hast ordained Thy precepts, that we should observe them diligently.
• These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
• Then on that day did David first ordain to give thanks unto the LORD, by the hand of Asaph and his brethren.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ordain» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.