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Meanings of ordained in English

Fixed or established especially by order or command.

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Usage of ordained in English
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Only question is whether the new, bad rules are ordained by Hasbro.
Wired
2
He was ordained to the office of the gospel ministry in 1834.
Among the Sioux: A Story of the Twin Cities and the Two Dakotas
3
He believed in a law of equalities which ordained a perfect balance.
Winter’s Tale
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No, no, it is not; your base insults have ordained it otherwise.
Amphitryon
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Louise understood that fate had ordained that she should try again later.
Kennedy's brain
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Under current rules, deacons are ordained similarly to ministers, and are men.
The Guardian
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Well, it may not have been ordained, but it sure looks official.
Wired
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This is the observance of the victim, which the Lord hath ordained.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 1
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Dr Buckley will hold office until a Holy See nominees is ordained.
The Irish Times
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The forms must apply even to dubiously ordained priests of schismatic sects.
Pandemonium
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And the Lord of life ordained a pleasant firmament amid the waters.
Codex Junius 11
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The spirit of questioning is one of the ordained means of growth.
My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year
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He doesn't know the taste of defeat; so the result was fore-ordained.
The Auction Block
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And this I say because it is so ordained of the Gods.
Cleopatra
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In 1794 he was ordained and preached successively at Landsberg and Berlin.
The World's Great Sermons, Volume 03: Massillon to Mason
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Thus is it ordained by Allah; and Allah is All-Knowing, Most Forbearing.
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side
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Ireland
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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