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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.) 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.

Or*dain"a*ble (?), a. Capable of
being ordained; worthy to be ordained or appointed. Bp.
Hall.

Or*dain"er (?), n. One who
ordains.

Or*dain"ment (?), n.
Ordination. [R.] Burke.

Or"dal (?), n. Ordeal.
[Obs.] Chaucer.

Or*da"li*an (?), a.

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