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Ordain synonyms and antonyms

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institute
To establish, organize, or introduce:
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determine
The definition of determine is to set limits, make a decision or find out exactly.
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intend
To design for a specific purpose:
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deem
To regard as; consider:
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order
To put or keep in order; organize; arrange
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install
To establish or settle in.
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arrange
(Music) To prepare and adapt an already written composition for presentation in other than its original form.
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appoint
To fix by a decree, order, command, resolve, decision, or mutual agreement; to constitute; to ordain; to prescribe; to fix the time and place of.
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confer holy orders upon
To invest with priestly functions
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consecrate
To consecrate is to declare something holy.
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anoint
To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.
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frock
To clothe in a frock.
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delegate
To delegate is defined as to assign a task to someone else or to give authority to someone else.
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invest
(Metallurgy) To prepare for lost wax casting by creating an investment mold (a mixture of a silica sand and plaster).
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enact (related)
To make (a bill, etc.) into a law; pass (a law); decree; ordain
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bless (related)
To make happy or prosperous; gladden
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allot
The definition of allot means to give out a certain amount or share.
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command
To give an order or orders to; direct with authority
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commission
To authorize or engage (someone to do something):
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conduct
To be able to transmit or carry; convey
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constitute
To set up (a law, government, institution, etc.); establish
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decree
To order, establish, or decide by decree:
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destine
To assign for a specific end, use, or purpose:
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establish
To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
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name
To give a name or title to; entitle; style
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predestine
To determine the future or the fate of something in advance; to preordain.
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prepare
To make things or oneself ready:
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cancel (antonym)
To annul, terminate, or revoke a promise or obligation.
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disallow (antonym)
To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper
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retract (antonym)
To draw back:
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void (antonym)
To excrete body wastes.
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dictate
To dictate is defined as to command or order something to be done or to say words so they can be taped or written down.
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fix
To become stable or firm; harden:
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impose
To enforce: compel to behave in a certain way
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lay down
To intentionally take a fall while riding a motorcycle, in order to prevent a more serious collision.
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prescribe
To order or advise as a medicine or treatment
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call the shots (or tune)
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lay it on the line
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over (related)
Another time; again:
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excommunicate (related)
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baptize (related)
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baptise (related)
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ordination (related)
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preach (related)
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priesthood (related)
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predetermine (related)
To influence or sway toward an action or opinion; predispose.
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authorize
To give power or authority to; empower; commission
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pastored (related)
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  • Their chief function is to ordain, and to act as "intercessors."

  • They alone can administer the rite of confirmation, ordain priests and deacons, and exercise a certain dispensing power.

  • For according to the Pontifical, the episcopate is the " summum sacerdotium "; the bishop in consecration receives " the sacerdotal grace "; it is " his office to consecrate, ordain, offer, baptize, confirm."

  • Whatever may be the ultimate order of reputation among his various books, or whatever posterity may ultimately see fit to ordain as regards the popularity of any of them, it is difficult to believe that the time will ever come in which Stevenson will not be remembered as the most beloved of the writers of that age which he did so much to cheer and stimulate by his example.

  • Leo treated the Uniate Greeks with great loyalty, and by bull of the 18th of May 1521 forbade Latin clergy to celebrate mass in Greek churches and Latin bishops to ordain Greek clergy.

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