v. t. To ordain or appoint for some purpose along with another. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To ordain or appoint beforehand; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
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The stake that shall be ordained on either side. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month. 1 Kings xii. 32. [ 1913 Webster ]
And doth the power that man adores ordain
Their doom ? Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
Being ordained his special governor. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Meletius was ordained by Arian bishops. Bp. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being ordained; worthy to be ordained or appointed. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who ordains. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Ordination. [ R. ] Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Pref. pre + ordain: cf. L. praeordinare. ] To ordain or appoint beforehand: to predetermine: to foreordain. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Pref. re- re- + ordain: cf. F. réordonner. ] To ordain again, as when the first ordination is considered defective. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]