Word "ORDAIN" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
order by virtue of superior authority; decree
Synonyms:
enact
Examples:
The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
appoint to a clerical posts
Synonyms:
consecrate, order, ordinate
Examples:
he was ordained in the Church

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
invest with ministerial or priestly authority
Examples:
The minister was ordained only last month

Crossword Clues for ORDAIN

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Invest with priestly authority LA Times Daily 15 Jul 2025
Consecrate as a priest (6) The Times Concise 11 Jul 2025
Appoint to priesthood
Confer holy orders upon LA Times Daily 30 Jun 2025
Unilaterally decree (6)
Make someone a priest or other religious leader (6)
Grandly decree (6)
To arrange, establish (6)
Officiate when one becomes a clerk (6)
Decree from old king or queen followed by uproar about article (6) The Guardian Cryptic 26 May 2025
Appoint a vicar Mirror Tea Time 21 May 2025
Certify into the clergy (6)
Install replacement for radio on top of notes (6)
Enrol as a minister (6) Puzzler 10 May 2025
Establish new radio is faulty The Times Cryptic 01 May 2025
Introduce into the office as a clerk (6)
Mean to be Newsday 26 Apr 2025
Admit as a priest
Rule on, when carrying the raid out (6)
Transition into fatherhood?
Determine there's a possible raid on the outskirts (6)
Ian & Rod appoint a bishop (6)
Make official New York Times 31 Mar 2025
To decree (6)
Decree the road should be mended in (6)
Determine on carrying a raid out (6)
From Armenia drove northwards to rule (6)
Arrange to turn radio on, nothing less (6)
Repaired road in order (6)
Admit one to holy orders and/or one form (6)
Make a minister Universal 22 Jan 2025
Appoint a new Minister for the Services (6)
Sounds like a token piece of percussion equipment (6)
Give entry to the rabbinate
Put in orders
Decree in road construction
Enrol as a minister (6) Puzzler 31 Oct 2024
Confer holy orders (6) The Guardian Speedy 27 Oct 2024
Decree there must be a hole, to drain off (6)
Install a minister (INROAD anagram) (6)
Grandly decree no raid, perhaps (6) Puzzler Cryptic 16 Sep 2024
Decree that I darn, crisscrossing on the hole (6)
Arrange one, and/or change it (6)
No coat for Jordan, wearing frock The Telegraph Toughie 02 Jul 2024
Decree Thomas Joseph 29 Jun 2024
Admit into priesthood
Road repairs in order
Legislate pronounce
Consecrate as priest
Confer holy orders on Mirror Classic 02 Jun 2024
Grandly decree no raid, perhaps (6) Puzzler Cryptic 30 May 2024
To invest with ministerial responsibility (6)
A rod for whipping, in command The Times Quick Cryptic 20 May 2024
Declare Rodin a mistake (6)
Admit to holy orders
And in Rio you can be admitted to holy orders (6)
Decree from nation's leader after radio broadcast
Put in ministerial office to lay down the law (6)
Order one to adorn it this way (6)
Rod and Ian? Admit them to the priesthood
Take the ring-road in: a new decree (6)
Make a minister Universal 14 Mar 2024
Appoint a vicar Mirror Tea Time 05 Mar 2024
Determine that the hole I darn will be well stitched up
Arrange for DA indispensable to case The Telegraph Toughie 23 Feb 2024
Arrange for DA indispensable to case (6)
Confer holy orders, ... a priest
Decree that horrid nation is not odd (6)
Admit a priest's men sounded European
Make a priest, say LA Times Daily 22 Jan 2024
Dictate or babble, penning article (6)
Dictate or babble, penning article The Telegraph Cryptic 19 Jan 2024
Invest in merger of Chelmsford and Aintree? The Times Cryptic 12 Jan 2024
Anoint, consecrate
Establish rules
Enrol officially as a minister
Give ministerial orders (6)
Appoint, as a rabbi LA Times Daily 10 Dec 2023
Appoint as a minister (6) Puzzler 06 Dec 2023
Decree Dora should be involved in (6)
Make a minister LA Times Daily 14 Nov 2023
Take into holy orders The Guardian Quick 22 Sep 2023
Direct The Guardian Quick 23 Aug 2023
Certify to perform a marriage USA Today 24 Jun 2023
Make a father Wall Street Journal 24 May 2023
Invest in road building The Times Cryptic 25 Apr 2023
Consecrate The Times Concise 31 Jul 2022
Establish Resistance moved north through old sewer The Telegraph Toughie 29 Jul 2022
Decree Thomas Joseph 03 May 2022
Order it officially for new road going up north Irish Times Crosaire 21 Mar 2022
Issue an instruction that must be obeyed The Guardian Quick 16 Feb 2022
Admit to the priesthood Wall Street Journal 15 Jan 2022
Appoint New York Times 26 Dec 2021
Decree, one in Jordan judge disregarded The Times Cryptic 21 Dec 2021
Order it officially for new road going up north Irish Times Crosaire 13 Dec 2021
Turn into a father Wall Street Journal 06 Oct 2021
Soldiers shouting possibly when receiving a command The Telegraph Toughie 11 Aug 2021
Decree The Washington Post 01 Aug 2021
Decree LA Times Daily 01 Aug 2021
Admit to the clergy Family Time 12 Jul 2021
Back when I adroitly discovered fix
Admit to the clergy Family Time 29 Mar 2021
Decree a Rodin should be renovated The Sun Two Speed 17 Mar 2021
Predestine The Sun Two Speed 17 Mar 2021
Consecrate Eugene Sheffer 13 Mar 2021
Make a priest, say Universal 27 Feb 2021
Order it officially for new road going up north Irish Times Crosaire 10 Feb 2021
Stipulate quantity to be eaten daily in following paleo, ultimately
Decree Thomas Joseph 05 Jan 2021
Will ancient article change hands at home
Other ranks row about a decree
Invest, clerically The Washington Post Sunday 05 Jul 2020
Establish by decree Eugene Sheffer 03 Jul 2020
Make a minister The Washington Post 02 Jul 2020
Make a minister LA Times Daily 02 Jul 2020
Officially order The Times Concise 15 Jun 2020
Consecrate Premier Sunday 14 Jun 2020
Give holy authority to The Washington Post Sunday 19 Apr 2020
Confer holy orders on Irish Times Simplex 04 Mar 2020
Appoint to holy office Premier Sunday 22 Dec 2019
Admit to the clergy USA Today 23 May 2019
Predestine Newsday 04 May 2019
Make official New York Times 07 Apr 2019
Will old road get no good?
Admit to the clergy
Make official
Invest in road building
Install, as a cleric The Washington Post 13 Nov 2018
Install, as a cleric LA Times Daily 13 Nov 2018
Consecrate Canadiana 12 Nov 2018
Appoint minister by name after radio broadcast The Telegraph Cryptic 07 Nov 2018
Make priest fix radio before noon The Telegraph Cryptic 24 Sep 2018
Demand or be condescending in speech
On air, broadcast covering Democrat's decree The Telegraph Cryptic 06 Jun 2018
Alternatively, row about a decree
Make a priest
Confer holy orders on The Telegraph Quick 10 Apr 2018
Predestine LA Times Daily 03 Feb 2018
Predestine The Washington Post 03 Feb 2018
Predestine
Install, as a cleric
Contents of wordy article printed by popular decree The Telegraph Cryptic 11 Oct 2017
Make a priest or old monk take one in
Initiate as priest The Telegraph Quick 07 Oct 2017
Predestine Thomas Joseph 26 Sep 2017
Decree New York Times 02 Sep 2017
Confer holy orders upon The Washington Post 06 Jun 2017
Confer holy orders upon LA Times Daily 06 Jun 2017
Decree or consecrate Irish Times Simplex 13 Feb 2017
Admit to the priesthood USA Today 11 Feb 2017
Confer holy orders upon
Decree
Invest in road repairs The Times Cryptic 29 Dec 2016
Make Father Dorian crack up Irish Times Crosaire 13 Oct 2016
Admit to being a priest
Install as a minister Universal 16 Aug 2016
Make a father of New York Times 16 Jun 2016
Appoint Universal 15 Jun 2016
Will ring road join road north?
Consecrate Rodin works around area The Telegraph Cryptic 09 May 2016
Install as priest The Telegraph Quick 23 Apr 2016
Make someone a good father The Telegraph Toughie 07 Apr 2016
Lay down ring road beside important road North The Telegraph Toughie 24 Feb 2016
Declare Rodin a lunatic
Make a father of
Appoint
Install as a minister
Grandly decree no raid, perhaps The Sun Two Speed 31 Oct 2015
Enrol as a minister The Sun Two Speed 31 Oct 2015
Establish insomnia (drowsiness has returned)
Confirm a minister USA Today 21 Aug 2015
Confer holy orders on The Times Concise 15 Jul 2015
Make father of Dorian giddy Irish Times Crosaire 06 May 2015
Invest one in gold belt The Telegraph Toughie 20 Jan 2015
Confirm a minister
Predestine
Leaderless Arab country without independent rule
Entitle to wear vestments
Transition to fatherhood
Priestify
Make a father
Officially make
Confer holy orders on
Authorize, as a priest
Make a minister
Enable to do the rite thing?
Make a father of
Install, as a minister
Admit to the clergy
Give holy orders to
Decree
Decree
Give holy orders to
Destine
Establish by decree
Admit to the priesthood
Make a minister of
Admit to the clergy
Confer holy orders upon
Predestine
Decree
Give priestly authority to
Make a priest
Make a father of
Make a father of
Consecrate
Make a father of
Decree
Make a father of
Confer holy orders on
Establish by law
Make a minister
Predestine
Put a collar on?
Invest with sacerdotal responsibilities
Predetermine
Invest with authority
Install, as a minister
Appoint to a holy office
Invest, as a minister
Install, as a minister
Command
Appoint to an office
Command
Make misters ministers, say
Consecrate
Consecrate to office
Make a father
Frock
Make a father of
Establish by decree
Dictate
Install a minister
Command
Decree, one in Jordan judge disregarded
Authorize, as a priest
Take into the priesthood
Appoint
Confer holy orders on
Appoint
Dictate
Destine
Prescribe
Confer holy orders
Decree
Confer priesthood upon
Establish.
Destine.
Decree.
Institute.
Invest with sacerdotal functions.
Certify into the priesthood
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