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Ordained

verb
/ɔːˈdeɪnd/
Word Frequency: 3.9

Definitions

1.verbTo prearrange unalterably.
2.verbTo decree.
3.verbTo admit into the ministry of a religion, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi.
4.verbTo predestine.
5.adjectiveEstablished by authority.
6.adjectiveAdmitted to the ministry of the church.
"There was much pomp at the ceremony that made him an ordained minister."

Synonyms

foresayconsecratededicatedappointedsettledconsecrateddecreedprescribedarrangeddesignedmandatedsorted

Rhymes With

restrainedconstrainedstrainedascertainedunrestrainedexplainedobtaineddrained
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