ordained
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Invested with ministerial or priestly functions: Having officially received the authority to perform religious ceremonies and duties, typically through a formal religious rite.
- Fixed or established especially by order or command: Decreed, ordered, or set by an authority, often implying something is fated or officially determined.
Usage Examples
- Adjective (Religious context):
- Only an ordained minister can perform the wedding ceremony in this church.
- After years of study, she became an ordained priest.
- Adjective (Established by authority/fate):
- The meeting will proceed at the ordained time.
- It seemed as if their victory was ordained by destiny.
Advanced Usage
- "to be ordained": This passive verb form is commonly used to describe the act of becoming a member of the clergy.
- He was ordained in a beautiful ceremony last spring.
- "as ordained by": Used to indicate the source of an established rule or fate.
- The festival takes place on the date ordained by ancient tradition.
Variants and Related Words
- Ordain (verb): To confer holy orders upon someone; to order or decree something officially.
- The bishop will ordain the new deacons next week.
- The council ordained that the new law would take effect immediately.
- Ordination (noun): The ceremony or process of being ordained as a member of the clergy.
- Her ordination was a very moving event.
Synonyms
- Consecrated: Made or declared sacred, especially in a religious ceremony.
- Decreed: Ordered authoritatively.
- Appointed: Designated or fixed for a specific purpose or time.
- Destined: Seemingly determined in advance by fate.
Related Phrases
- Preordained: Decided or determined in advance, often by a divine power.
- Some believe the outcome was preordained.
Adjective
- invested with ministerial or priestly functions
- an ordained priest
- fixed or established especially by order or command
- at the time appointed (or the appointed time)