ordained

[orĀ·dain]

Ordained means invested with the authority to act as a priest. Once you are ordained as a priest, you are ready to take over that little country church and start tending to the flock.

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Adjective S.
invested with ministerial or priestly functions; "an ordained priest"

Adjective S.
fixed or established especially by order or command; "at the time appointed (or the appointed time")


imp. & p. p.
of Ordain


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Usage Examples

In this life struggle, here I am among you fully cognizant that a true believer has no fear of what God has ordained for him. Those who are visited by fear live only for their present, under the illusion that the world began with them and will end with their departure.

God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it.

Our church has been legal since late 1960s. I've been involved since 1972. I was ordained in 1975.

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Other Usage Examples

Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.

Marriage should be viewed as an institution ordained by God and should be out of the control of the state.

The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations.

Remember that God under the Law ordained a Lamb to be offered up to Him every Morning and Evening.

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