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ordain

verb
🔊/ɔːˈdeɪn/
🔊/ɔːrˈdeɪn/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they ordain
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🔊/ɔːrˈdeɪn/
he / she / it ordains
🔊/ɔːˈdeɪnz/
🔊/ɔːrˈdeɪnz/
past simple ordained
🔊/ɔːˈdeɪnd/
🔊/ɔːrˈdeɪnd/
past participle ordained
🔊/ɔːˈdeɪnd/
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-ing form ordaining
🔊/ɔːˈdeɪnɪŋ/
🔊/ɔːrˈdeɪnɪŋ/
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  1. ordain somebody | ordain somebody (as) something to make somebody a priest, minister or rabbi授予圣秩（品）；授予圣职
    • He was ordained (as) a priest last year.他去年被授以神父圣职。
    see also ordinationTopics Religion and festivalsc2
  2. (formal) (of God, the law or fate神、法律或命运) to order or command something; to decide something in advance主宰；掌握；规定
    • ordain that… Fate had ordained that they would never meet again.他们命里注定永远不会再相见。🔊🔊
    • it is ordained that… It was ordained that the property should be returned to the original owner.规定将财产归还原所有者。
    • (be) ordained by somebody You should keep to the law as ordained by God.你应该遵守上帝所命定的法律。
    3. Word OriginMiddle English (also in the sense ‘put in order’): from Anglo-Norman French ordeiner, from Latin ordinare, from ordo, ordin- ‘row, series, rank’.