Ordain

6 lettersverbmoderate

Updated June 2026

Definition

To officially invest someone with a religious office by a formal ceremony, or to establish something by authoritative order.

“The bishop will ordain three new priests at a ceremony next Sunday.”

Pronunciation

IPA

/ɔːˈdeɪn/

Syllables

or·dain

Related Words

Synonyms

enactconsecrateordinateorder

Antonyms

defrock dismiss revoke

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Wordle

Ends in -AIN and starts with OR, contains common letters making it a fair Wordle guess

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Worth 7 points, all common tiles with solid hook potential for extending the board

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Anagrams of Ordain

Words that use exactly the same letters as “ordain”.

dorian inroad

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Shorter words formed from the letters in “ordain”.

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