ORDAINED Synonyms

• established by authority; given authoritative approval

• endowed with authority

• endorsed authoritatively as having met certain requirements

• fit to be certified as insane (and treated accordingly)

• holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill

• (of military officers) holding by virtue of a commission a rank of second lieutenant or ensign or above

• given official approval to act

• solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose

• made or declared or believed to be holy; devoted to a deity or some religious ceremony or use

• fixed or established especially by order or command

• having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation

• characterized by great determination

• devoting full strength and concentrated attention to

• determined or decided upon as by an authority

• strongly motivated to succeed

• brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established

• settled securely and unconditionally

• conforming with accepted standards

• shown to be valid beyond a reasonable doubt

• introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation

• conforming to orthodox or recognized rules

• formally approved and invested with legal authority

• established by authority; given authoritative approval

• appointed but not yet installed in office

• assign a name or title to

• give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

• indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively

• decree or designate beforehand

• design or destine

• make an investment

• give qualities or abilities to

• furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors

• provide with power and authority

• place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position

• solemnly dedicated to or set apart for a high or sacred purpose

• appoint to a clerical posts

• give entirely to a specific person, activity, or cause

• dedicate to a deity by a vow

• render holy by means of religious rites

• order by virtue of superior authority; decree

• act out; represent or perform as if in a play

• (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed

• (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy

• a degree in a continuum of size or quantity

• established customary state (especially of society)

• logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements

• a condition of regular or proper arrangement

• a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)

• a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities

• a formal association of people with similar interests

• a body of rules followed by an assembly

• a group of person living under a religious rule

• (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families

• a request for something to be made, supplied, or served

• (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans

• the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement

• give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

• make a request for something

• issue commands or orders for

• bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations

• bring order to or into

• place in a certain order

• appoint to a clerical posts

• arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events

• assign a rank or rating to

• the value of a coordinate on the vertical axis

• appoint to a clerical posts

• bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation