1
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
For instance, the network included connections between cardinals who worked together in Vatican departments, between those who ordained, or were ordained by, another and between those who were friends.
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Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2025
Mullally was ordained in 2001 and left the government three years later for church roles at Salisbury Cathedral and then becoming only the fourth woman bishop in the Church of England as the Suffragan Bishop of Crediton in the Diocese of Exeter.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Mullally became a Christian at age 16 and worked as a nurse before being ordained.
—Elizabeth Pritchett , Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Qualified people who could be priests except for archaic laws that no longer serve us continue to wait to be invited into the ranks of those who have been ordained.
—Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
Thirty-two deacons from around the world were being ordained that day.
—Kristine Tran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Kim, who became the first woman ordained in the Seoul Diocese of the Anglican Church of Korea, had been invited to develop the Episcopal church’s connection to Asian communities, said Mary Rothwell Davis, an attorney for the Episcopal Diocese of New York, where Go’s mother is a reverend.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2025
In his nearly 30 years on death row, he has been ordained as a pastor and started a church.
—Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Mar. 2025
Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2025
Mullally was ordained in 2001 and left the government three years later for church roles at Salisbury Cathedral and then becoming only the fourth woman bishop in the Church of England as the Suffragan Bishop of Crediton in the Diocese of Exeter.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Mullally became a Christian at age 16 and worked as a nurse before being ordained.
—Elizabeth Pritchett , Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Qualified people who could be priests except for archaic laws that no longer serve us continue to wait to be invited into the ranks of those who have been ordained.
—Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
Thirty-two deacons from around the world were being ordained that day.
—Kristine Tran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Kim, who became the first woman ordained in the Seoul Diocese of the Anglican Church of Korea, had been invited to develop the Episcopal church’s connection to Asian communities, said Mary Rothwell Davis, an attorney for the Episcopal Diocese of New York, where Go’s mother is a reverend.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2025
In his nearly 30 years on death row, he has been ordained as a pastor and started a church.
—Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ordained
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These stories don’t require any element of surprise; the appeal of this kind of romance is built on anticipation, on our expectation that people who are destined to be together will in fact get together.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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Per reports, the 29-year-old, who once seemed destined to be at the top of golf's world rankings, will play in the Nedbank Golf Challenge in December.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Amid this crackdown, Russia’s Foreign Ministry ordered USAID to leave.—
Tetiana Kotelnykova,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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Dozens of unable-to-fly wild ducks and geese at a sanctuary in Washtenaw County's Salem Township, earlier ordered killed by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, have received a reprieve.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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This is not the first time Peru has enacted a state of emergency to address security concerns.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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But federal law enacted by Congress requires a party to seek to remove a state case to federal court within 30 days.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement If Earth is ultimately doomed—if the sun will begin to incinerate us in about a billion years—Mars wouldn’t do as a safe harbor, since that planet would be put to the torch as well.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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The drama doesn’t stop, and the trailer for The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Season 3 just dropped, revealing that MomTok could be doomed.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel requested records of complaints submitted through that form, which has been available since August 2024.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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The civil lawsuit filed in San Diego Superior Court alleges Blain has refused to produce requested public records from his private accounts, apps and devices and has deleted public records from those same sources and asked others to delete messages from him.—
Susan Gill Vardon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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The charter amendment, if passed, would scale back the current requirements by allowing the five-member City Commission to approve the sale of valuable city land, at market value, through a four-fifths vote in lieu of three bids.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
22 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, North Carolina has passed a bill known as Iryna' Law to try to change pretrial release conditions for people charged with violent offenses.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Ordained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordained. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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