In reference to the word ordain, we shall speak under the sixth proposition. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 3] Reference
The word "ordain" -- then and now -- means "to order by virtue of superior authority," meaning "We the people" are the superior authority. From Wordnik.com. [Jackson Williams: Glenn Beck, Unhinged in Texas] Reference
This is a problem because, apparently, the most moral human would never "ordain," say, the holocaust. From Wordnik.com. [Triablogue] Reference
Even if a validly-ordained Catholic bishop imposed hands on a woman to "ordain" her a bishop, nothing would occur. From Wordnik.com. [Boston.com Most Popular] Reference
"Of course the fates could not ordain otherwise --". From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
They ordain justice and magistrates, and the august senate. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
(Soundbite of chanting) WOMEN: ordain Catholic women, ordain Catholic women. From Wordnik.com. [Vatican Celebrations Overshadowed By Scandals] Reference
The Orthodox do not ordain women; Southern Baptist churches rarely do, either. From Wordnik.com. [Sex And The Church: A Case For Change] Reference
I ordain to Phoebus and Trivia a temple of solid marble, and festal days in Phoebus 'name. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
And Moses answered them: Stay that I may consult the Lord what he will ordain concerning you. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 04: Numbers The Challoner Revision] Reference
The patriarch ordains the metropolitans and episcopas and these in turn ordain the lower clergy. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Persia] Reference
Supreme Court and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
Now this I ordain: not praising you, that you come together, not for the better, but for the worse. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 53: 1 Corinthians The Challoner Revision] Reference
And while you can ordain championships in a movie script, in real life they come with a huge price tag. From Wordnik.com. [Cartoons Sure Were Easier] Reference
Olympic Committee could ordain New York as its 2016 candidate, but is more likely to reopen competition. From Wordnik.com. [HOST CITIES: OLYMPIC CALCULATIONS] Reference
Some branches of the family may not be able to ordain an open homosexual, or tolerate a woman at the altar. From Wordnik.com. [Sex And The Church: A Case For Change] Reference
In the Torah, water is used to ordain priests and to purify the sons of Aaron before they enter the temple. From Wordnik.com. [Bless This Bottled Water] Reference
"The edicts of the most clement emperors ordain that all sacrifice to the gods, or suffer according to law.". From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
He wore a Catholic bishop's robe and ring, and he alone was allowed to ordain young men into the cult's priesthood. From Wordnik.com. [Priestess Of Death] Reference
England, lately planted, with the limits thereof, to be a part of our royal empire; we ordain that the government of. From Wordnik.com. [Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce] Reference
These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their office of trust. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
Whatever the future might ordain for them in the way of trials, for one week at least they had laid strong hold on happiness. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer] Reference
Then hatred may grapple with hatred, then hostilities be opened; now let them be, and cheerfully join in the treaty we ordain. '. From Wordnik.com. [The Aeneid of Virgil] Reference
And how wonderfully does he ordain and direct all human events to their spiritual advancement, both in prosperity and in adversity!. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
= -- We must now ask of any laws concerning any institution not what did ancient "folk-ways" ordain but what do modern conditions require?. From Wordnik.com. [The Family and it's Members] Reference
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