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(ordains, ordaining, ordained) 1. When someone is ordained, they are made a member of the clergy in a religious ceremony. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1982... Women have been ordained for many years in the Church of Scotland... He ordained his own priests, and threatened to ordain bishops... VERB: be V-ed n, be V-ed, V n 2. If some authority or power ordains something, they decide that it should happen or be in existence. (FORMAL) Nehru ordained that socialism should rule... His rule was ordained by heaven... The recession may already be severe enough to ordain structural change. = decree VERB: V that, be V-ed, V n
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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 verb 1. to invest officially (as by the laying on of hands) with ministerial or priestly authority 2. a. to establish or order by appointment, decree, or law ; enact we the people…do ~ and establish this Constitution — U.S. Constitution b. destine, fore~ intransitive verb to issue an order • ~er noun • ~ment noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 confer holy orders on; appoint to the Christian ministry (ordained him priest; was ordained in 1970). 2 a (often foll. by that + clause) decree (ordained that he should go). b (of God, fate, etc.) destine; appoint (has ordained us to die). Derivatives ordainer n. ordainment n. Etymology: ME f. AF ordeiner, OF ordein- stressed stem of ordener f. L ordinare f. ordo -inis order ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. церк. посвящать в духовный сан to be ordained priest —- быть посвязенным в священники 2. предопределять; предписывать; предназначать ordained by fate —- предопределенный судьбой 3. юр. предписывать; отдавать распоряжение; постановлять, устанавливать в законодательном порядке what the laws ordain —- то, что предписывают законы ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ v 1 to officially make someone a priest or religious leader (Desmond Tutu was ordained in 1960. | ordain sb (as) sth) (Paulson was ordained deacon.) (- see also ordination) 2 formal to order that something should happen (a duty ordained by God) + tha (The King ordained that a feast should be prepared.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1250, from stem of O.Fr. ordener, from L. ordinare "put in order, arrange, dispose, appoint," from ordo (gen. ordinis) "order." Ecclesiastical sense is from notion of "to confer holy orders upon" (see order). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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