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-derivedCommon 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.