Synonyms for ordained
or·dained

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1. appointed, decreed, ordained, prescribedadjective

   fixed or established especially by order or command

   "at the time appointed (or the appointed time")

   Synonyms:
   prescribed, appointed, official, appointive, decreed, positive

   Antonyms:
   unsettled, desecrated

2. ordainedadjective

   invested with ministerial or priestly functions

   "an ordained priest"

   Synonyms:
   prescribed, appointed, decreed

   Antonyms:
   desecrated, unsettled

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1. List of paraphrases for "ordained":

   ordered

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1. David Hume:

   The great end of all human industry, is the attainment of happiness. For this were arts invented, sciences cultivated, laws ordained, and societies modelled, by the most profound wisdom of patriots and legislators. Even the lonely savage, who lies exposed to the inclemency of the elements and the fury of wild beasts, forgets not, for a moment, this grand object, of his being.

2. Kid Rock:

   I am definitely a Republicanon fiscal issues and the military, but I lean to the middle on social issues. I am no fan of abortion, but it’s not up to a man to tell a woman what to do. As an ordained minister I don’t look forward to marrying gay people, but I’m not opposed to it.

3. Stephen Colbert:

   Now usually for me to talk about a news story on this show, especially a tragic one, it has to be something that everybody's already talking about... But this story is different, because this is the conversation everyone should be having, i would cite Stephen Colbert to the Apostle Paul and his clear and wise command in Romans 13 to obey the laws of the government because God has ordained the government for his purposes.

4. Lewis Baldwin:

   Democratic Socialist was in favor of women being ordained to the ministry, democratic Socialist was far ahead of most men of Democratic Socialist time.

5. James Scot:

   If you don’t feel ordained by the Universe to do this job, do something else. The intelligence community has to shut down the gaping wound that is the insider threat epidemic we are experiencing right now.