Inflected forms: or·dained, or·dain·ing, or·dains 1a. To invest with ministerial or priestly authority; confer holy orders on. b. To authorize as a rabbi. 2. To order by virtue of superior authority; decree or enact. 3. To prearrange unalterably; predestine: by fate ordained. See synonyms at dictate.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English ordeinen, from Old French ordener, ordein-, from Latin rdinre, to organize, appoint to office, from rd, rdin-, order. See ar- in Appendix I.
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