Synonyms of the word ordain


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ordain

  • v. To prearrange unalterably.
  • v. To decree.
  • v. To admit into the ministry of a religion, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk,…
  • v. To predestine.

consecrate

  • v. To declare something holy, or otherwise make it holy.
  • adj. Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

decree

  • n. An edict or law.
  • n. (law) The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.
  • n. (law) The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate.
  • v. To command by a decree.

enact

  • v. (transitive, law) to make (a bill) into law.
  • v. (transitive) to act the part of; to play.
  • v. (transitive) to do; to effect.
  • n. (obsolete) purpose; determination.

enthrone

  • v. (transitive) To put on the throne in a formal installation ceremony called enthronement, equivalent to…
  • v. (transitive, figuratively) To help a candidate to the succession of a monarchy (as a kingmaker does),…

invest

  • v. To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.
  • v. (dated) To clothe or wrap (with garments).
  • v. (obsolete) To put on (clothing).
  • v. To envelop, wrap, cover.
  • v. To commit money or capital in the hope of financial gain.
  • v. To ceremonially install someone in some office.
  • v. To formally give (someone) some power or authority.
  • v. To formally give (power or authority).
  • v. To surround, accompany, or attend.
  • v. To lay siege to.
  • v. (intransitive) To make investments.
  • v. (metallurgy) To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand…
  • n. (meteorology) An unnamed tropical weather pattern "to investigate" for development into a significant…

order

  • n. (uncountable) Arrangement, disposition, sequence.
  • n. (uncountable) The state of being well arranged.
  • n. Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet.
  • n. (countable) A command.
  • n. (countable) A request for some product or service; a commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods.
  • n. (countable) A group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion…
  • n. (countable) An association of knights.
  • n. any group of people with common interests.
  • n. (countable) A decoration, awarded by a government, a dynastic house, or a religious body to an individual,…
  • n. (countable, taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below class and above family; a taxon…
  • n. A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row;…
  • n. An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or bishop; the office of the Christian ministry;…
  • n. (architecture) The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon…
  • n. (cricket) The sequence in which a side’s batsmen bat; the batting order.
  • n. (electronics) a power of polynomial function in an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier,…
  • n. (chemistry) The overall power of the rate law of a chemical reaction, expressed as a polynomial function…
  • n. (mathematics) The cardinality, or number of elements in a set or related structure.
  • n. (graph theory) The number of vertices in a graph.
  • n. (order theory) A partially ordered set.
  • n. (order theory) The relation on a partially ordered set that determines that it in fact a partially ordered…
  • n. (mathematics) The sum of the exponents on the variables in a monomial, or the highest such among all monomials…
  • v. (transitive) To set in some sort of order.
  • v. (transitive) To arrange, set in proper order.
  • v. (transitive) To issue a command to.
  • v. (transitive) To request some product or service; to secure by placing an order.
  • v. To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.

ordinate

  • n. (mathematics) the value of a coordinate on the vertical (Y) axis.
  • v. (transitive) to ordain a priest, or consecrate a bishop.
  • v. (transitive) to align a series of objects.
  • adj. arranged regularly in rows; orderly; disposed or arranged in an orderly or regular fashion.

vest

  • n. (now rare) A loose robe or outer garment worn historically by men in Arab or Middle Eastern countries.
  • n. (now Canada, US) A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part…
  • n. (Britain) A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse.
  • n. A sleeveless top, typically with identifying colours or logos, worn by an athlete or member of a sports…
  • n. Any sleeveless outer garment, often for a purpose such as identification, safety, or storage.
  • n. A vestment.
  • n. Clothing generally; array; garb.
  • v. To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass…
  • v. To clothe with authority, power, etc.; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; followed…
  • v. To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another;…
  • v. (obsolete) To invest; to put.
  • v. (law) To clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future…
  • v. (commonly used of financial arrangements) To become vested, to become permanent.

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