(of God or someone in authority) to order something to happen:
Ordain
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To invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; tointroduce into the office of the Christian ministry, by the laying onof hands, or other forms; to set apart by the ceremony of ordination.Meletius was ordained by Arian bishops. Bp. Stillingfleet.
Ordain meaning & definition 1 of Ordain.
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To confirm priestly authority on. To order by supreme authority.
(a fail example but it works!)
you can be ordain by being mean and telling someone what to do when they don't want to (the reason i am doing this word is for school!)Ordain meaning & definition 2 of Ordain.
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Make (someone) a priest or minister; confer holy orders on.
Ordain meaning & definition 3 of Ordain.
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