ordained
part of speech
verb past form (ordain, ordains, ordained, ordaining); adjective (ordained)
meaning for a pupil
1) Ordained means made a priest, minister or religious leader in a special ceremony. tree →
2) (formal) Ordained means ordered or decided by someone with power, like a law or a king. tree →
3) Ordained can mean decided by fate or by God. tree →
sense in the lessons
It appears in religious education and history about priests, ministers and rabbis. In old stories it shows something was meant to happen or was commanded. Phrases: «be ordained a priest», «ordained minister», «divinely ordained».
examples
- He was ordained a priest last year. tree →
- She is an ordained minister in her church. tree →
- The ordained leader blessed the children. tree →
- The king ordained that a feast be held. tree →
- In the story, it seemed ordained that they would meet. tree →
- Only ordained ministers could lead the service. tree →
- Our vicar was ordained in the cathedral. tree →
- The rules were ordained long ago. tree →
- And so the Emperor ordained that a bridge should be made the whole way. tree →
note
Regular verb: ordain, ordained. Mostly used in the passive: «was ordained». Formal or religious word; ordinary speech uses «made a priest» or «ordered». Related noun: ordination.
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.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «ordained» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.