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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary or·dain
\\ȯr-ˈdān\\ verb ETYMOLOGY Middle English ordeinen, from Anglo-French ordener, ordeiner, from Late Latin ordinare, from Latin, to put in order, appoint, from ordin-, ordo order DATE 14th century transitive verb1. to invest officially (as by the laying on of hands) with ministerial or priestly authority2.
a. to establish or order by appointment, decree, or law : enact
we the people…do ordain and establish this Constitution — U.S. Constitution
b. destine , foreordain intransitive verb: to issue an order
• or·dain·er noun
• or·dain·ment \\-ˈdān-mənt\\ noun ordain
late 13c., "to appoint or admit to the ministry of the Church," from stem of O.Fr. ordener, from L. ordinare "put in order, arrange, dispose, appoint," from ordo (gen. ordinis) "order." The notion is "to confer holy orders upon" (see order). Meaning "to decree, enact" is from c.1300; sense of "to set (something) that will continue in a certain order" is from early 14c. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ordainor·dain / C:5dein; NAmE C:r5d- / verb1. ~ sb (as) (sth) to make sb a priest, minister or rabbi 授予圣秩(品)；授予圣职:
▪ [VN-N]
He was ordained (as) a priest last year. 他去年接受任命为神父。
▪ [also VN]⇨ see also ordination 2. ( formal) (of God, the law or fate 神、法律或命运) to order or command sth; to decide sth in advance 主宰；掌握；规定:
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Fate had ordained that they would never meet again. 他们命里注定永远不能再相见。
▪ [also VN] Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged or·dain
\ȯrˈdān, ȯ(ə)ˈ-\ verb
( -ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English ordeinen, from Old French ordener (3d singular present ordeine), from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin ordinare to ordain (a clergyman), from Latin, to put in order, arrange, appoint, from ordin-, ordo order — more at order transitive verb1. : arrange , order , regulate , manage , conduct
< a boy not yet fit to ordain his life — Oliver La Farge >2.
a.
(1) : to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions : introduce into the office of the Christian ministry by the laying on of hands or by other forms : set apart by the ceremony of ordination — compare consecrate
(2) : to invest with regal functions by a religious ceremony
< ordained king in Westminster Abbey — F.M.Stenton >
b. : to establish by appointment, decree, or law : constitute , institute , enact
< the plan was ordained by the governor and judges — American Guide Series: Michigan >
< ordained a form of government closely resembling an absolute monarchy — E.O.Hauser >
c. : to predestine or destine as part of a divine plan, by the force of circumstances, or as necessary in the nature of things : fate
< truly ordained to be one of the world's great crossroads — H.F.Bain >
< ordained to be hewers of wood and drawers of water — Newsweek >
< the end is ordained by fate — C.H.Rickword >
d. : to order by fiat or by virtue of great or supreme authority : command , decree
< ordained that the best gumtrees were to be left standing — Rex Ingamells >
< cannot ordain that so many tons of steel be produced when the ore and steel plants are not in existence — F.A.Ogg & Harold Zink >intransitive verb: to issue an order : decree , command
< so great Jove ordains >
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