ordainer
- a word derived from ordain.
Example Sentences
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He is at most the infallible judge of actions, not the universal ordainer of events and distributor of life and happiness.
From Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
He is always the great dispenser and ordainer in the matter of the happiness and sorrow of all living creatures.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
Do thou, therefore, thyself speak for the good of king Yudhishthira the just, for thou art the ordainer of all the ordinances.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
Thou art the supreme ordainer of the universe.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
Gloucester was the only ordainer who was present, and the only other earls in the host were Warenne and Gaveston himself.
From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by Hunt, William
