TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 18-Jan-12
If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web. 18-Jan-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists ordain [ awr-DEYN ] [ intransitive verb, transitive verb ] MEANING : 1. (tr. v.) to endow or confer with authority 2. (tr. v.) to decree or appoint 3. (tr. v.) to predestine or prearrange 4. (intr. v.) to command or order (intr. v.) to appoint 5. (intr. v.) to endow or invest with authority USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : After many years of distinguished service, the vicar was ordained as a bishop. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : When women began to be ordained over a decade ago, conservative parishes were given an elaborate opt-out: instead of labouring under the episcopal oversight of a liberal, pro-female-ordination type, they could choose to be in the care of a so-called "flying bishop&quo