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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Ordain \Or*dain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ordained; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Ordaining.] [OE. ordeinen, OF. ordener, F. ordonner, fr.
     L. ordinare, from ordo, ordinis, order. See Order, and cf.
     Ordinance.]
     1. To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to
        regulate; to set; to establish. ``Battle well ordained.''
        --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The stake that shall be ordained on either side.
                                                    --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law;
        to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month. --1
                                                    Kings xii. 32.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And doth the power that man adores ordain
              Their doom ?                          --Byron.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To set apart for an office; to appoint.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Being ordained his special governor.  --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Eccl.) To invest with ministerial or sacerdotal
        functions; to introduce into the office of the Christian
        ministry, by the laying on of hands, or other forms; to
        set apart by the ceremony of ordination.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Meletius was ordained by Arian bishops. --Bp.
                                                    Stillingfleet.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Ordain \Or*dain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ordained; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Ordaining.] [OE. ordeinen, OF. ordener, F. ordonner, fr.
     L. ordinare, from ordo, ordinis, order. See Order, and cf.
     Ordinance.]
     1. To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to
        regulate; to set; to establish. ``Battle well ordained.''
        --Spenser.
  
              The stake that shall be ordained on either side.
                                                    --Chaucer.
  
     2. To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law;
        to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute.
  
              Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month. --1
                                                    Kings xii. 32.
  
              And doth the power that man adores ordain Their doom
              ?                                     --Byron.
  
     3. To set apart for an office; to appoint.
  
              Being ordained his special governor.  --Shak.
  
     4. (Eccl.) To invest with ministerial or sacerdotal
        functions; to introduce into the office of the Christian
        ministry, by the laying on of hands, or other forms; to
        set apart by the ceremony of ordination.
  
              Meletius was ordained by Arian bishops. --Bp.
                                                    Stillingfleet.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  ordain
       v 1: order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King
            ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews";
            "the legislature enacted this law in 1985" [syn: enact]
       2: appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"
          [syn: consecrate, ordinate, order]
       3: invest with ministerial or priestly authority; "The minister
          was ordained only last month"
       4: issue an order

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ordain
     Αγγλικά vb.
     χειροτονώ

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ordain
     vb.
     1 To prearrange unalterably.
     2 To decree.
     3 (lb en religion) To admit into the ministry, for example as a
  priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi.
     4 To predestine.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  ordain
     vb.
     1 To prearrange unalterably.
     2 To decree.
     3 (lb en religion) To admit into the ministry, for example as a
  priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi.
     4 To predestine.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  ordain
     vb.
     1 To prearrange unalterably.
     2 To decree.
     3 (lb en religion) To admit into the ministry, for example as a
  priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi.
     4 To predestine.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  ordain
     vb.
     1 To prearrange unalterably.
     2 To decree.
     3 (lb en religion) To admit into the ministry, for example as a
  priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi.
     4 To predestine.

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ordain
     Engelska vb.
     1 (tagg formellt språk=en) förordna, påbjuda
     2 (tagg kristendom språk=en) prästviga

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Ordain /ɔːdˈeɪn/
  مر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  ordain //ɔɹˈdeɪn// //ɔːˈdeɪn// 
  1. ръкополагам
  admit into the ministry of a religion
  2. предписвам
  to prearrange unalterably

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  ordain /ɔːdˈeɪn/ 
  vysvětit
           Note: na kněze

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  ordain /ɔːdˈeɪn/ 
  určit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  ordain /ɔːdˈeɪn/ 
  ustanovit

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  ordain /ɔːdˈeɪn/ 
  ordeinio 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  ordain /ɔːdˈeɪn/ 
  bestimmen 
   see: ordaining, ordained, ordains, ordained
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  ordain /ɔːdˈeɪn/
  
  χειροτονώ

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  ordain /ɔːdein/
  destiner

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  ordain /ɔːdˈeɪn/ 
  1. अभिषेक~करना
        "He was ordained in the Church."
  2. आदेश~देना
        "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews."

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  ordain /ɔːdˈeɪn/
  destinare

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  ordain /ɔːdein/
  bestemmen, uittrekken

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  ordain //ɔɹˈdeɪn// //ɔːˈdeɪn// 
  ordinere
  admit into the ministry of a religion

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  ordain /ɔ:ˈdeɪn/ 
   1.  wyświęcać
   2.  [form]  postanawiać

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  ordain /ɔːdein/
  aprazar, destinar, reservar

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  ordain //ɔɹˈdeɪn// //ɔːˈdeɪn// 
  ordinera, prästviga, viga till
  admit into the ministry of a religion

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  ordain /ɔːdˈeɪn/
  1. takdir etmek, mukadder kılmak
  2. papazlığa atamak, papazlık rütbesini vermek.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ɔɹˈdeɪn/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  ORDAIN. To ordain is to make an ordinance, to enact a law. 
       2. In the constitution of the United States, the preamble. declares 
  that the people "do ordain and establish this constitution for the United 
  States of America." The 3d article of the same constitution declares, that 
  "the judicial power shall be vested in one supreme court, and in such 
  inferior courts as the congress may from time to time ordain and establish. 
  "See 1 Wheat. R. 304, 324; 4 Wheat: R. 316, 402. 
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  116 Moby Thesaurus words for "ordain":
     allocate, allot, appoint, appropriate to, assign, assign to,
     authorize, bid, call on, call the signals, call upon, canonize,
     carry on, charge, command, commission, consecrate, constitute,
     declare, declare lawful, decree, designate, destinate, destine,
     detail, devote, dictate, direct, doom, earmark, enact, enact laws,
     enjoin, enlist, enroll, establish, fate, filibuster, foredoom,
     formulate, frock, get the floor, give an order, give the word,
     have the floor, impose, inaugurate, induct, initiate, install,
     instate, instruct, invest, issue a command, issue a writ, keep,
     kill, lay down, legalize, legislate, legitimate, legitimatize,
     legitimize, lobby through, logroll, lot, make a regulation,
     make assignments, make legal, manage, mandate, mark, mark off,
     mark out for, name, nominate, operate, order, order about,
     ordinate, pass, pigeonhole, pocket, portion off, prescribe,
     proclaim, promulgate, pronounce, put in force, put through,
     railroad through, regulate, reserve, restrict, restrict to,
     roll logs, rule, run, saint, sanction, say the word, schedule,
     select, set, set apart, set aside, set off, sign on, sign up, tab,
     table, tag, take the floor, validate, veto, yield the floor
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 注定,规定,任命;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 注定,规定,任命
     vi. 颁布命令

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