English-Thai Dictionary

ordain

VT บวช  ทำให้ เป็น พระ  bud

 

ordain

VT สั่ง อย่างเป็นทางการ (คำ ทางการ  order decree command sang-yang-pen-tang-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ORDAIN

v.t.[L. ordino, from ordo, order. ] 1. Properly, to set; to establish in a particular office or order; hence, to invest with a ministerial function or sacerdotal power; to introduce and establish or settle in the pastoral office with the customary forms and solemnities; as, to ordain a minister of the gospel. In America, men are ordained over a particular church and congregation, or as evangelists without the charge of a particular church, or as deacons in the episcopal church.
2. To appoint; to decree.
Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month. 1 Kings 12:32.
As many as were ordained to eternal life, believed. Acts 13:48.
3. To set; to establish; to institute; to constitute.
Mulmutius ordained our laws.
4. To set apart for an office; to appoint.
Jesus ordained twelve that they should be with him. Mark 3:14.
5. To appoint; to prepare.
For Tophet is ordained of old. Isaiah 3 :33.

 

ORDAINABALE

a.That may be appointed.

 

ORDAINED

pp. Appointed; instituted; established; invested with ministerial or pastoral functions; settled.

 

ORDAINER

n.One who ordains, appoints or invests with sacerdotal powers.

 

ORDAINING

ppr. Appointing; establishing; investing with sacerdotal or pastoral functions.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ORDAIN

Or *dain ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ordained; p. pr. & vb. n. Ordaining. ]Etym: [OE. ordeinen, OF. ordener, F. ordonner, fr. L. ordinare, from ordo, ordinis, order. See Order, and cf. Ordinance. ]

 

1. To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish. "Battle well ordained. " Spenser. The stake that shall be ordained on either side. Chaucer.

 

2. To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute. Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month. 1 Kings xii. 32. And doth the power that man adores ordain Their doom Byron.

 

3. To set apart for an office; to appoint. Being ordained his special governor. Shak.

 

4. (Eccl.)

 

Defn: To invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; to introduce into the office of the Christian ministry, by the laying on of hands, or other forms; to set apart by the ceremony of ordination. Meletius was ordained by Arian bishops. Bp. Stillingfleet.

 

ORDAINABLE

ORDAINABLE Or *dain "a *ble, a.

 

Defn: Capable of being ordained; worthy to be ordained or appointed. Bp. Hall.

 

ORDAINER

ORDAINER Or *dain "er, n.

 

Defn: One who ordains.

 

ORDAINMENT

ORDAINMENT Or *dain "ment, n.

 

Defn: Ordination. [R.] Burke.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ordain

or dain |ôrˈdān ɔrˈdeɪn | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 make (someone ) a priest or minister; confer holy orders on. 2 order or decree (something ) officially: equal punishment was ordained for the two crimes. • (esp. of God or fate ) prescribe; determine (something ): the path ordained by God. DERIVATIVES or dain er noun, or dain ment noun ORIGIN Middle English (also in the sense ‘put in order ’): from Anglo-Norman French ordeiner, from Latin ordinare, from ordo, ordin- (see order ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

ordain

or ¦dain |ɔːˈdeɪn | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 make (someone ) a priest or minister; confer holy orders on. 2 order (something ) officially: equal punishment was ordained for the two crimes | [ with clause ] : the king ordained that these courts should be revived. • (of God or fate ) decide (something ) in advance: the path ordained by God. DERIVATIVES ordainer noun, ordainment noun ORIGIN Middle English (also in the sense ‘put in order ’): from Anglo-Norman French ordeiner, from Latin ordinare, from ordo, ordin- (see order ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ordain

ordain verb 1 the Church voted to ordain women: confer holy orders on, appoint, anoint, consecrate, install, invest, induct. 2 the path ordained by fate: predetermine, predestine, preordain, destine, determine, prescribe, designate, will. 3 she ordained that anyone found hunting in the forest must pay a fine: decree, rule, order, command, enjoin, lay /set down, establish, dictate, legislate, prescribe, pronounce.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ordain

ordain verb 1 the Church of England voted to ordain women: confer holy orders on, appoint, induct, install, invest, anoint, consecrate; archaic frock. 2 the path ordained by God: predetermine, predestine, preordain, foreordain, destine, prescribe, fate, will, determine, designate. 3 it was ordained that anyone hunting in the forest without permission was to pay a fine: decree, rule, order, command, enjoin, lay down, set down, establish, fix, enact, legislate, dictate, prescribe, pronounce.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ordain

or dain /ɔː r déɪn /動詞 他動詞 1 (公式に )…を 【聖職者に 】任命する «as » ▸ ordain women (as ) priests 女性を司祭に任ずる .2 ｟かたく ｠〖～ that節 〗〈権威ある者が 〉…ということを命じる, …するものと決定する .