ORDAINED Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

ordained

verb

past tense of ordain

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 According to his biography on the New York archdiocese website, Dolan was ordained into the priesthood by the Archdiocese of Saint Louis on June 19, 1976. —

Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026 Though several unlicensed Beatles archives exist around the United Kingdom—including in the band’s Liverpool hometown—the new one, formally named The Beatles at 3 Savile Row, is the first to be officially ordained by the band and its label, Apple Corps. —

Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 11 May 2026 Martin was ordained in 1999 and began working full-time as an editor at America, a Jesuit magazine. —

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

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Verb

Those around him could tell from an early age that he was destined for something special.

— Jared Weiss, New York Times, 5 June 2026
Originally destined for slaughter during the Eid al-Adha festival, the 1,500-pound animal was seized by authorities, spared sacrifice and relocated to the capital’s zoo, where keepers lavish it with care.

— al Emrun Garjon, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026