ordain
verb (used with object)
to invest with ministerial, priestly, or rabbinical functions.
ordainer
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a word derived from
ordain.
Example Sentences
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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 Kisari Mohan Ganguli
The Brahmana is said to be creator, ruler, ordainer, and god.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
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 Sir Leslie Stephen
In short, the world is a school; men are pupils in this school; God is its builder and ordainer.
From Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter by Mary Elizabeth Dewey
A belief in one true God, the creator and ordainer of all things.
From The Future of Islam by Wilfred Scawen Blunt
