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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordain/#m1)

2) (formal) To ordain something is to order or decide it officially, as a king or law does. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordain/#m2)

3) (formal) To decide what will happen, as if by God or fate: «It was ordained that they would meet». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordain/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordain/#x1)
- My uncle was ordained a minister last summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordain/#x2)
- Some churches ordain women as priests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordain/#x3)
- The king ordained that a feast be held. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordain/#x4)
- The ceremony to ordain a priest is called ordination. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordain/#x5)
- She felt it was ordained that she would become a nurse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordain/#x6)
- An ordained minister can lead a wedding service. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordain/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HAB.15/)
- [Thou hast ordained Thy precepts, that we should observe them diligently.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2166/)
- [These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.432/)
- [Then on that day did David first ordain to give thanks unto the LORD, by the hand of Asaph and his brethren.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.628/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ordain» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ordain/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.