different between predestine vs ordain

English

Etymology

From Old French prédestiner, from Medieval Latin praedestinare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?e?d?st?n/, IPA^(key): /p?i?d?st?n/
• Rhymes: -?st?n

Verb

predestine (third-person singular simple present predestines, present participle predestining, simple past and past participle predestined)

1. (transitive) To determine the future or the fate of something in advance; to preordain.
2. (theology, transitive) To foreordain by divine will.

Related terms

• destine
• predestination
• predestined

Translations

Anagrams

• diterpenes

Spanish

Verb

predestine

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of predestinar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of predestinar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of predestinar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of predestinar.

English

Etymology

From Middle English ordeynen, from Old French ordiner, from Latin ordinare (“to order”), from ordo (“order”). Doublet of ordinate.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???de?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???de?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n
• Hyphenation: or?dain

Verb

ordain (third-person singular simple present ordains, present participle ordaining, simple past and past participle ordained)

1. To prearrange unalterably.
2. To decree.
3. (religion) To admit into the ministry, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi.
4. To predestine.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• foresay

Derived terms

• ordainment
• preordain

Related terms

• order

Translations

See also

• ordination

Further reading

• ordain in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ordain in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• ordain at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Ardoin, Dorian, NORAID, Orinda, Rodina, donair, draino, inroad, radion, ranoid