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Meanings of ordained in English

Fixed or established especially by order or command.

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Examples for "appointed"
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The government-appointed Independent Election Commission has said that is indeed the case.
Reuters
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These well-appointed three-bedroom top floor apartments come with particularly good quality fittings.
The Irish Times
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He said an independent technology advisor to the Government needed to appointed.
Radio NZ
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A new director of the National Forum on Europe has been appointed.
The Irish Times
5
May be seen; roar; will be appointed; have flown; has been recommended.
Graded Lessons in English / An Elementary English Grammar Consis...
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Conclusion: Good adherence with taking prescribed medication was associated with virologic response.
Pubmed
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Mini-Mental State scores, number of prescribed medications, and age also correlated significantly.
Pubmed
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Some continue with prescribed antibiotics; others will now begin to take them.
The warrior elite: the forging of seal class 228
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She should have taken as her starting point the prescribed minimum sentence.
The South African
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Rumsfeld called for more research to help patients stay on prescribed medications.
Reuters
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And in truth the punishment decreed befell them early in the morning.
Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side
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The Bird inherited the kingdom and decreed a new game, free climbing.
Rock and Ice Magazine
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Since replays were decreed unacceptable, no one has found a satisfactory solution.
The Guardian
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Circumstances - a delayed flight - decreed that they never left base.
The Irish Times
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Yesterday, they decreed the country's parliamentary poll will be held in September.
The Irish Times
Usage of ordained in English
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Only question is whether the new, bad rules are ordained by Hasbro.
Wired
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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
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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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