how to pronounce ordain

/ɔːˈdɛɪn/

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ordain is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of ordain in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… the accolades ordain they only get the …”

meanings of ordain

verb:

To predestine.
To admit into the ministry of a religion, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi.
To decree.
To prearrange unalterably.

ordain frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word ordain occurs in english on average 0.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics ordain can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that ordain can be often used in the following areas:

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