ordain
verb (used with object)
to invest with ministerial, priestly, or rabbinical functions.
has ordained
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present perfectof ordain (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Because the Orange County megachurch has ordained three women as associate pastors and named Stacie Wood, wife of the church’s senior pastor, Andy Wood, a teaching pastor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2023
The Universal Life Church says it has ordained more than 20 million people and it is not the only organization offering the service.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2021
"I am very glad that the Speaker of the House has ordained that the investigation go forward," Carter said.
From Fox News ● Oct. 8, 2019
Like many other Protestant denominations, the Church of Sweden has ordained woman for decades — its head, Archbishop Antje Jackelen, is a woman.
From Time ● Nov. 2, 2016
Nature in one of her beneficent moods has ordained that even death has some antidote to its own terrors.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
