ordain
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awr
dain
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dein
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "ordain"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āφāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to officially order something using one's higher authority
Transitive: to ordain sth
to ordain definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The university president ordained a new policy requiring students to attend mandatory seminars.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϏāĻŋāĻĄā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āϜāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āϝāĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāϤāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āϏ⧇āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to officially confer or appoint someone to a position, typically within a religious context such as the priesthood
Transitive: to ordain sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Last year, the church ordained several candidates who had completed their theological studies.
āĻ—āϤ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ, āĻ—āĻŋāĻ°ā§āϜāĻž āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϜāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€āϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āϝāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽāϤāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ­āĻžāĻ—ā§āϝ⧇ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āĻž

(of a higher power) to prearrange or predestine something
Transitive: to ordain an event
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She felt as though it was ordained by a higher power that she would find the lost artifact.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝ⧇āύ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻšā§āϚ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āύāĻŋāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύāϟāĻŋ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤

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