The meaning of ORDAIN is to invest officially (as by the laying on of hands) with ministerial or priestly authority. How to use ordain in a sentence.

ORDAINED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of ordain 2. to officially make someone a priest or other…. Learn more.

What does ordained mean? Ordained is an adjective that means having gained official status as a priest, minister, or other religious authority through a sanctioned process.

To order or decree by virtue of superior authority: The management ordained that business attire should be worn in the office at all times. 3. To prearrange unalterably; predestine: events that …

Definition of ordain verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

When someone is ordained, they are made a member of the clergy in a religious ceremony.

(of someone in authority) to order, enact, or establish by law, command, etc.: [~ + that clause] The king ordained that everyone should pay tax. [~ + object] Had this law been ordained?

• King Henry VIII believed his role as ruler was ordained by God. • Originally from Magheralin near Lurgan, he was ordained in 1947 and later ministered in Newry for 26 years.

He was ordained (as) a priest. She is an ordained minister. We the people … do ordain and establish this constitution… The process was ordained by law. It's futile to try to avoid what …

Ordained comes from the root meaning "order," and when you are ordained, you're brought into the religious order, or group of church leaders. We also use ordained for declarations.