Overview of verb ordain

The verb ordain has 4 senses

• ordain, enact -- (order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985")


• ordain, consecrate, ordinate, order -- (appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church")


• ordain -- (invest with ministerial or priestly authority; "The minister was ordained only last month")


• ordain -- (issue an order)

Overview of adj ordained

The adj ordained has 2 senses

• appointed, decreed, ordained, prescribed -- (fixed or established especially by order or command; "at the time appointed (or the appointed time"))


• ordained -- (invested with ministerial or priestly functions; "an ordained priest")