ordain
English
/ɔɹˈdeɪn/, /ɔːˈdeɪn/
verb
Definitions
- To prearrange unalterably.
- To decree.
- To admit into the ministry of a religion, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi.
- To predestine.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French ordiner derived from Latin ordinare (order).
Origin
Latin
ordinare
Gloss
order
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- coordain English
- disordain English
- foreordain English
- foreordainer English
- ordainable English
- ordainee English
- ordainer English
- ordainest English
- ordaineth English
- ordainment English
- preordain English
- preordainment English
- reordain English
- unordainable English
- ordinare Latin
- ōrdinō, ōrdināre Latin
- ordonner French
- ordinere Norwegian Bokmål
- ordinere Danish
- ordiner Old French
- ordonner Norman
- ordonner Middle French