Definition for Ordained:

• of Ordain

Synonyms for Ordained:

• adj.

  •authorized (adjective)
  • validated,
  • deputized,
  • authenticated,
  • commissioned,
  • warranted,
  • entitled,
  • Countersigned,
  • authorized,
  • affirmed,
  • agreed,
  • Enabled,
  • confirmed,
  • notarized,
  • designated,
  • licensed,
  • certified,
  • approved,
  • blessed,
  • enfranchised,
  • permitted,
  • empowered,
  • sanctioned.
  •coming (adjective)
  • certain,
  • impending,
  • predestined,
  • advancing,
  • foreseen,
  • prospective,
  • Preparing,
  • marked,
  • expected,
  • about to happen,
  • at hand,
  • aspiring,
  • imminent,
  • immediate,
  • deserving,
  • subsequent,
  • converging,
  • forthcoming,
  • anticipated,
  • en route,
  • docking,
  • almost on one,
  • near,
  • Progressing,
  • due,
  • Nearing,
  • eventual,
  • close,
  • next.
  •cut-and-dried (adjective)
  • cut and dried,
  • prearranged.
  •destined (adjective)
  • predetermined,
  • doomed,
  • threatening,
  • stated,
  • brewing,
  • intended,
  • Looming,
  • Meant,
  • ineluctable,
  • inexorable,
  • sealed,
  • directed,
  • unavoidable,
  • designed,
  • compulsory,
  • closed,
  • condemned,
  • inescapable,
  • settled,
  • que sera sera,
  • compelled,
  • foreordained,
  • menacing.
  •enforced (adjective)
  • executed,
  • charged,
  • prevalent,
  • Exacted,
  • imposed,
  • carried out,
  • Demanded,
  • pressed,
  • constrained,
  • Invoked,
  • required,
  • kept,
  • Advocated.
  •graduated (adjective)
  • invested,
  • accredited.
  •inevitable (adjective)
  • decided,
  • assured,
  • irrevocable,
  • sure,
  • fateful,
  • undeniable,
  • pat,
  • inflexible,
  • binding,
  • unalterable,
  • necessary,
  • fixed,
  • obligatory.
  •lawful (adjective)
  • Enjoined,
  • permissible,
  • Passed,
  • Legalized,
  • bona fide,
  • valid,
  • legitimatized,
  • on the level,
  • protected,
  • statutory,
  • Judged,
  • official,
  • mandated,
  • justifiable,
  • innocent,
  • canonical,
  • just,
  • ruled,
  • Jurisprudent,
  • kosher*,
  • constitutional,
  • proper,
  • vested.
  •legal (adjective)
  • contractual,
  • justified,
  • fair,
  • right,
  • sound,
  • within the law,
  • acknowledged,
  • straight,
  • sure enough,
  • precedented,
  • Enforcible,
  • chartered,
  • granted,
  • clean*,
  • forensic,
  • Allowed,
  • legitimate.
  •named (adjective)
  • Pegged,
  • tabbed,
  • settled on,
  • decided upon,
  • Deputed.
  •ordained (adjective)
  • Anointed.

• n.

  •consecrate (noun)
  • consecrate.

• v.

  •authorized (verb)
  • Denominated,
  • Consented,
  • Assented.
  •commanded (verb)
  • ordered.
  •enacted (verb)
  • set,
  • Legislated,
  • established,
  • Enacted.
  •ordain (verb)
  • commission,
  • invest,
  • prescribe,
  • anoint,
  • fix,
  • pronounce,
  • deal with,
  • legislate,
  • enjoin,
  • put foot down,
  • call,
  • bless,
  • institute,
  • impose,
  • decree,
  • rule,
  • deal,
  • frock,
  • appoint,
  • dictate,
  • delegate,
  • walk heavy,
  • nominate,
  • lay down the law,
  • destine,
  • will,
  • enact,
  • constitute,
  • order.
  •shipped (verb)
  • sent.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • divine,
  • clerical.
  •dedicated
  • sacred,
  • dedicated.
  •in force
  • enforced.
  •Other relevant words:
  • deserved,
  • presumptive,
  • put in order,
  • cursed,
  • regularized,
  • unchallenged,
  • damned,
  • determined,
  • preordained,
  • appointive,
  • reenacted,
  • constituted,
  • authoritative,
  • governed,
  • written,
  • assigned,
  • ranked,
  • absolute,
  • indefeasible,
  • incontestable,
  • elected,
  • essential,
  • devoted,
  • allotted,
  • merited,
  • nominated,
  • sacrosanct,
  • Instituted,
  • Vowed,
  • Installed,
  • due to,
  • elect,
  • privileged,
  • engaged,
  • on the cards,
  • Consigned,
  • fatal,
  • condemn,
  • presented,
  • arranged,
  • sanctified,
  • tidied up,
  • graded,
  • Translated,
  • Imprescriptible,
  • unchangeable,
  • unalienable,
  • hired,
  • called,
  • inviolable,
  • inalienable,
  • unimpeachable,
  • Delegated,
  • prescriptive,
  • placed,
  • positive.

Paraphrases for Ordained:

• Independent

  • Verb, past tense
    instructed, directed, mandated, ruled.
  • Verb, past participle
    authorised, conceptualized, instructed, ordered, Introduced, conceived, initiated, declared, Commanded, re-designed, Issued, prescribed, commissioned, arranged, directed, ranked, Enacted, imposed, mandated, decreed, Instituted, designed, Devised, established, Launched, forged, ruled, cleared, formed, Created, Told, framed, crafted, sorted.

• Other Related

  • Verb, past tense
    ordered.

Antonyms for Ordained:

• imp. & p. p.

  • Other antonyms:
    unsettled, desecrated.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    deconsecrate, desecrate, undedicated, Unhallow.

Ordained Sentence Examples:

• But mamma fondly said, Depend on it, my dear, that these matters are wisely ordained for us.

• And has it ordained every Government, past and present, from the Chinese Empire to the French Convention?