Definition of ordained

"ordained" in the verb sense

1. ordain, enact

order by virtue of superior authority decree

"The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"

"the legislature enacted this law in 1985"

2. ordain, consecrate, ordinate, order

appoint to a clerical posts

"he was ordained in the Church"

3. ordain

invest with ministerial or priestly authority

"The minister was ordained only last month"

4. ordain

issue an order

"ordained" in the adjective sense

1. appointed, decreed, ordained, prescribed

fixed or established especially by order or command

"at the time appointed (or the appointed time)"

2. ordained

invested with ministerial or priestly functions

"an ordained priest"

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Quotations for ordained

Calamity was ordained for man. [ Sir W. Davenant ]

Study thyself; what rank or what degree
The wise Creator hath ordained for thee. [ John Dryden ]

All things that we ordained festival,
Turn from their office to black funeral;
Our instruments, to melancholy bells;
Our wedding cheer, to sad burial feast;
Our solemn hymns, to sullen dirges change:
Our bridal flowers serve for a buried corse,
And all things change them to the contrary. [ William Shakespeare ]

No great man is ordained to die a natural death. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

Why dost thou heap up wealth, which thou must quit,
Or what is worse, be left by it?
Why dost thou load thyself when thou 'rt to fly.
Oh, man! ordained to die?
Why dost thou build up stately rooms on high,
Thou who art under ground to lie?
Thou sow'st and plantest, but no fruit must see.
For death, alas! is reaping thee. [ Cowley ]

How wisely fate ordained for human kind Calamity! which is the perfect glass.
Wherein we truly see and know ourselves. [ Davenant ]

It is ordained in the counsel of God that we must all part from the dearest we possess. [ Feuchtersleben ]

It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free; their passions forge their fetters. [ Burke ]

The idle man stands outside of God's plan, outside of the ordained scheme of things; and the truest self-respect, the noblest independence, and the most genuine dignity, are not to be found there. [ J. G. Holland ]

Providence has clearly ordained that the only path fit and salutary for man on earth is the path of persevering fortitude - the unremitting struggle of deliberate self-preparation and humble but active reliance on divine aid. [ B. L. Magoon ]

ordained in Scrabble®

The word ordained is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters ordained:

ORDAINED
(99)
ORDAINED
(99)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (7 words)

adenoid, adorned, android, aneroid, dandier, drained, radioed

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word ordained

ORDAINED
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In ordained

ORDAINED
(99)
ORDAINED
(99)
DANDIER
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ordained in Words With Friends™

The word ordained is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters ordained:

DANDIER
(89 = 54 + 35)
DRAINED
(89 = 54 + 35)
ADENOID
(89 = 54 + 35)
ADORNED
(89 = 54 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (7 words)

adenoid, adorned, android, aneroid, dandier, drained, radioed

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word ordained

ORDAINED
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ORDAINED
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ORDAINED
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In ordained

DANDIER
(89 = 54 + 35)
DRAINED
(89 = 54 + 35)
ADENOID
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ADORNED
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(78)
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(78)
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Words containing the sequence ordained

Words that start with ordained (1 word)

Words with ordained in them (1 word)

Words that end with ordained (6 words)

Word Growth involving ordained

Shorter words in ordained

ai ordain

in ordain

or ordain

Longer words containing ordained

disordained

reordained foreordained

reordained preordained

unordained