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  • Derivatives : n  ordainer ; n  ordainment
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

ordain [ɔr'den] [ɔː'deɪn]
  1. 1. vt. 原义整理安排准备
  2. 2. vt. 注定规定制定
  3. 3. vt. 预定注定
  4. 4. vt. 委任某人)为牧师任命某人)任圣职
  5. 5. vi. 颁布命令任命

Collins English-English Dictionary

ordain [ɔː'deɪn]
  1. 1. vt. [tr] to consecrate (someone) as a priest; confer holy orders upon
  2. 2. vt. [may take a clause as object] to decree, appoint, or predestine irrevocably
  3. 3. vt. [may take a clause as object] to order, establish, or enact with authority
  4. 4. vt. [obsolete] to select for an office
  5. 5. vt. [Etymology] C13: from Anglo-Norman ordeiner, from Late Latin ordinare, from Latin ordo order

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