Related Words for ordain

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enact
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Verb, Verb
order
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Verb, Verb, Noun
consecrate
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Noun, Verb
bequeath
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Verb
appoint
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Verb
ordination
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Noun
sanctify
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Verb
depose
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Verb
decease
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Noun
volition
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Noun
exhort
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Verb
elect
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Noun
debar
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Noun
contrive
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Verb
superintend
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Verb
annul
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Verb
prescribe
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Verb
acquit
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Verb
affirm
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Verb
baptize
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Verb
needful
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Adjective
beget
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Verb
enjoin
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Verb
instruct
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Verb
peradventure
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Noun
promulgate
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Verb
proscribe
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Verb
intend
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Verb
presbyters
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Noun
actualize
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Verb
admonish
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Verb
permit
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Noun
declare
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Verb
authorize
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Verb
endow
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Verb
procure
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Verb
pauperism
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Noun
avow
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Verb
acquiesce
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Verb
subjugate
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Verb
thither
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Adverb, Adjective
establish
x/x
Verb
deacon
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Noun
gratify
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Verb
codify
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Verb
bestow
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Verb
entreat
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Verb
prosecute
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Verb
marry
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Verb
obligate
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Noun
postulate
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Noun
compel
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Verb
officiate
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Verb
ordinate
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Noun
decree
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Noun
arrange
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Verb
fate
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Noun
priest
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Noun
determine
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Verb
set down
//
Phrase, Verb
draw up
//
Phrase, Verb
dictate
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Verb
prophesy
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Noun
impose
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Verb
vests
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Verb
asbury
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Name
priesthood
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Noun
bishops
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Noun
pastors
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Noun
cleric
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Noun
license
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Verb
denomination
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Noun
rabbis
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Noun
elders
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Noun
preachers
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Noun
clergy
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Noun
ministers
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Noun
achilles
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Name
apollo
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Name
authoritatively
xxx/xx
Adverb
bounty
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Noun, Verb
designate
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Verb, Adjective
didst
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Verb
doom
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Noun, Verb
doth
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Verb, Noun
fount
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Noun
gloria
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Name
grievance
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Noun
harold
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Name
inauguration
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Noun
jenny
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Name, Verb
joshua
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Name
kate
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Name
legislate
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Verb
lord
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Noun, Verb
mark
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Noun, Verb
name
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Noun, Verb
naught
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Noun
pass
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Verb, Noun
reenact
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Verb
will
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Verb, Noun
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
sorta
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Adverb
literally
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Adverb
anymore
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Adverb
milestone
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Noun, Verb
expression
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Noun
tell
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Verb, Noun
idiomatic
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Adjective, Noun
collocation
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Noun
chunk
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Noun, Verb
cluster
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Noun, Verb
vernacular
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Noun, Adjective
headlines
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Noun
standard
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Adjective, Noun
save
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Verb, Noun