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What does ordain mean?

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  1. To prearrange unalterably.
  2. To decree.
  3. To admit into the ministry of a religion, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi.
  4. To predestine.
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We have learned that what was actually intended at this time was, not to ordain, but only to induct our schoolmasters.
He may so ordain that His Divinity as Love may be manifest in the flesh and be among us as God incarnate.
And, of course, there were those who said they would split away from the church when they decided to ordain women.
He was often at odds with the more liberal wing of the church, having opposed the decision to ordain women bishops.
Stephen Jung: It's because the law did not require the church to ordain women.
The next hurricane will follow the path that the forces of nature ordain for it regardless of what we do or don't do.

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