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as in destined
to determine the fate of in advance
he is stoic in the face of adversity, bolstered by his faith that everything in life has been ordained by a higher power
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as in ordered
to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority
a new bill that would ordain the funding of public schools through state lottery revenues
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as in enacted
to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action
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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Recent Examples of ordained
Martin was ordained in 1999 and began working full-time as an editor at America, a Jesuit magazine.
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René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
Shortly before the Constitution was written, Haynes would become the first Black minister ordained in the United States.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
While women cannot be ordained as priests or deacons, they are not forbidden from teaching the faith as theologians, catechists and scholars.
—Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
For decades, liberal denominations have permitted women to be ordained.
—Michal Raucher, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026
Planners razed coconut plantations, sketched marina slips and golf courses, and ordained where tourists would sleep, eat, and jet ski.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
The first female Anglican priests were ordained in 1994, its first female bishop in 2015, and now Mullally as the first archbishop of Canterbury.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Leo was ordained as an Augustinian priest in 1982.
—USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
Leo grew up, was educated and then ordained in the States but spent decades as a church leader elsewhere, including in poor areas of South America.
—Bill Barrow, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
Shortly before the Constitution was written, Haynes would become the first Black minister ordained in the United States.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
While women cannot be ordained as priests or deacons, they are not forbidden from teaching the faith as theologians, catechists and scholars.
—Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
For decades, liberal denominations have permitted women to be ordained.
—Michal Raucher, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026
Planners razed coconut plantations, sketched marina slips and golf courses, and ordained where tourists would sleep, eat, and jet ski.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
The first female Anglican priests were ordained in 1994, its first female bishop in 2015, and now Mullally as the first archbishop of Canterbury.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Leo was ordained as an Augustinian priest in 1982.
—USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
Leo grew up, was educated and then ordained in the States but spent decades as a church leader elsewhere, including in poor areas of South America.
—Bill Barrow, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ordained
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It was subsequently sold at a reduced price to Hitler’s art dealer and was destined for the Führer Museum in Linz, Austria.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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At the same time that engineers are preparing to send more helicopters to Mars, NASA is working on a more massive rotorcraft named Dragonfly destined for Saturn’s moon Titan.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 May 2026
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Alan Cumming will reprise his role as host of the series, which NBC ordered in August 2025.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
11 May 2026
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Both men were also stripped of their political rights for life and ordered to forfeit all personal property.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
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In Belgium and France, a sharp dimming in late 2022 tracked with the implementation of specific energy-saving policies enacted during the European energy crisis.—
Bree Shirvell,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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Despite that effort, Hoskins and other Republican statewide officials enacted the map in defiance of decades of precedent.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
12 May 2026
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Once teased for their transness, Little Death is now eternally doomed to the bottom of the lake at Camp Tivoli when not seasonally resurfacing to kill horny teenagers (and, of course, doomed to be reincarnated in endless sequels).—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
13 May 2026
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Is Trump citizenship order doomed?—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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City officials requested to extend X Street’s lease about three to five years, wrote Caltrans spokesperson Dennis Keaton.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
15 May 2026
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Brown’s attorney, Mark Eiglarsh, requested that Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez hold Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu in contempt of court after Nantambu did not appear for a Zoom deposition on Wednesday.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2026
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Many of the labor leaders and their allies in the General Assembly credited Lamont for his support of the lengthy labor bill that passed in the final days of this year’s legislative session.—
Andrew Brown,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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Then, for the second time in his career, Morton passed the torch to a future Hall of Famer, rookie quarterback John Elway.—
Matt Moret,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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“Ordained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordained. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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