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ordainment
Variant of ordain
ordain
definition
or·dain (ôr dān′)
transitive verb
- Obsolete to put in order; arrange; prepare
- to decree; order; establish; enact
- to predetermine; predestine
- to invest with the functions or office of a minister, priest, or rabbi
Etymology: ME ordeinen < OFr ordener < L ordinare, to arrange (in LL(Ec), to ordain as a priest) < L ordo, order
intransitive verb
to command; decree
Related Forms:
- ordainer or·dain′er noun
- ordainment or·dain′·ment noun
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