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    [Verb]  | "or*dain" | \ ȯr-ˈdān \


    1: to invest officially (as by the laying on of hands) with ministerial or priestly authority

    2: to establish or order by appointment, decree, or law : enact

    3: destine, foreordain


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English ordeinen, from Anglo-French ordener, ordeiner, from Late Latin ordinare, from Latin, to put in order, appoint, from ordin-, ordo order;

    [Verb]  | "ordain" 


    1: to determine the fate of in advance;


      * e.g., " ... he is stoic in the face of adversity, bolstered by his faith that everything in life has been ordained by a higher power "





    2: to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority;


      * e.g., " ... a new bill that would ordain the funding of public schools through state lottery revenues "



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    3: to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action;


      * e.g., " ... the founders of the African republic ordained a form of government that was closely modeled on that of the United States "



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     [ "ordain" ]

    1: To confirm priestly authority on. To order by supreme authority.

      * e.g.,  ... mom bossed son around to go to church to then be bossed around by the preist. His parents and his church group were ordain. 


     [ "ordain" ]

    2: (a fail example but it works!)


     [ "ordain" ]

    3: you can be ordain by being mean and telling someone what to do when they don't want to (the reason i am doing this word is for school!)

     [ "ordained" ]

    1: To be used instead of "legit" because lets face it, legit is Wayyy over used

      * e.g.,  ... Dude, that was totally ordained! 

     [ "Ordained" ]

    1: To make someone (specially male) a Thailand Buddhist monk.

      * e.g.,  ... Arthit is getting ordained at the ordination ceremony next next month before his wedding. 

     [ "Ordained" ]

    1: To make someone(specially male) a Thailand Buddhist monk.

      * e.g.,  ... Arthit is going to be ordained at the Thailand ordination ceremony before his wedding. 

     [ "Ordained Racist" ]

    1: An individual who has gone through the steps to become certified as a racist in the eyes of the public and the law. Ordained Racists are known to think of themselves as certified beauticians. However, they are just blatantly racist and decidedly out of pocket.

      * e.g.,  ... Guy 1: “Damn you here what Fred was saying last night?” 

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