ordain
verb (used with object)
to invest with ministerial, priestly, or rabbinical functions.
ordains
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present tense formof ordain (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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For now, the government seems confident that experts can indeed devise a safe, rigorous and consistent system for deciding which patients live and which ones die, as the statute ordains.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2021
Some are even considering leaving the Catholic Church to join other communities, including a movement that ordains women priests.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2021
It also suggested that future appointments might be influenced by a bishop's views on women clergy, saying that "many dioceses will want to insist that their diocesan bishop should be someone who ordains women".
From Reuters ● May 24, 2013
Her writing has always been hostile to the idea of a primitive, “natural” womanhood that ordains us to behave in certain ways.
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2012
I bent above each one, and gently said: ‘Wake from your sleep: no more sweet slumber. Come, we sail: the Lady Kirke so ordains it.’
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
