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ordain

🇬🇧 UK/ɒ:'dein/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

v.

To officially appoint someone as a priest, minister, or religious leader; to decree or establish by authority

任命(为神职人员);颁令,规定;注定

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
ord
+
ainsuffix
=ordain

Common Collocations

  • 1.ordain priest任命神父
  • 2.ordain minister任命牧师
  • 3.ordained clergy被任命的神职人员

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The bishop will ordain new priests in a special ceremony next month.

  • 2.

    Fate seemed to ordain that they would meet again after all these years.

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