ordain
verb (used with object)
to invest with ministerial, priestly, or rabbinical functions.
are ordaining
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present progressiveof ordain.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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ATHENIAN: I had in my mind the free and easy manner in which we are ordaining that the inexperienced colonists shall receive our laws.
From Laws by Benjamin Jowett
