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 Jakes delivered his first sermon in 1976 and was ordained in 1979. — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 June 2026 One of the bishops set to be ordained on Wednesday is Father Michael Goldade, who leads that seminary. — Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 30 June 2026 Both the actor and understudy for Friar Lawrence have been formally ordained as officiants to further merge romance, art and life. — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026 After the war, he was ordained and served as a minister at the Steele Creek Presbyterian Church from 1804 until his death in 1827. — Charlotte Observer, 23 June 2026 Under church law, consecrating bishops without papal approval is considered a schismatic act and carries automatic excommunication for both the bishops being ordained and the bishop performing the ceremony. — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026 The Vatican said on July 2 that priests and lay Catholics who are part of a breakaway right-wing Catholic group that ordained bishops without Pope Leo's approval were in schism with the wider Church and now excommunicated. — Joshua McElwee, USA Today, 2 July 2026 In 1962, Lazowski was ordained and served as the spiritual leader of Beth Shalom Synagogue in Hartford until 1969. — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2026 John Rahimi, Raymond Grieshaber, and Conrad Espino were ordained on Saturday morning during a ceremony at Holy Name Cathedral on the city's Near North Side. — Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 20 June 2026

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In Doral, volunteers at the nonprofit organization Global Empowerment Mission (GEM) have been working around the clock, filling boxes with supplies destined for Venezuela.

— Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 1 July 2026
The best opportunity came on another Norwegian corner kick when Torbjørn Heggem’s close-range shot looked destined for the back of the net before being blocked off the line by Ivory Coast midfielder Amad Diallo.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 30 June 2026

Definition of destined

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He was also ordered to pay $120,000 in restitution and $25,000 to the city.

— Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026
At a hearing on June 24 observed by The Times, 14 immigrants didn’t make their appointment, and were ordered removable by the end of the day.

— Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026

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The Big West Conference on its athletics page announced the addition of Cal Baptist of Riverside, Sac State and Utah Valley into the Big West, which includes schools that do not field football as budget cuts doomed those programs years ago.

— Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
My tenure in Cleveland was doomed by a lot more people than just be.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026

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Also requested were documents related to a lawsuit, recently settled for $135,000, claiming Kramer had given an improper assessment of a property and retaliated against an employee who complained.

— Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
Jurado said the company did not provide concrete public commitments, funding amounts or implementation timelines for the relief and recovery measures requested.

— City News Service, Daily News, 6 July 2026

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