ordained
Made a minister
Ordained describes someone who has been formally invested with religious authority, typically through a ceremony conferring the power to perform sacred rites: an ordained minister, She was ordained as a priest in 1995.
More broadly, ordained means decreed or established by fate, law, or higher authority: It seemed ordained that they would meet again.
To ordain is to officially order or destine something to happen.
Decided in advance
- foreordainedDecided in advance unavoidably
- fatedDetermined by destiny
- predeterminedEstablished beforehand
- inevitableCertain to occur
providential · meant to be · written · appointed · inescapable · prophesied · foretold · destined
One who performs sacraments
- bishopDiocesan clergy head
- ministerReligious leader or serve
- pastorChristian congregation leader
- deaconJunior clergy member
chaplain · preacher · vicar · rector · cleric · monk · nun · rabbi
Dedicating to sacred purpose
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- installationProcess of putting in
- laying on of handsRitual healing through touch
- vowsSolemn binding promises
sacrament · anointing · blessing · ritual · liturgy · vestments · procession · altar
Officially ordered or required
- commandedGave authoritative instructions
- prescribedOfficially recommended or mandated
- dictatedImposed without discussion
- establishedFormally set up
instituted · enacted · imposed · proclaimed · ordered · ruled · declared · pronounced
Given official permission
- approvedOfficially accepted or permitted
- legitimizedMade lawful or valid
- validatedConfirmed as true or acceptable
- recognizedPerceived as familiar
endorsed · ratified · permitted · sanctified · blessed · confirmed · accredited · licensed
predestined
Decided in advance
- foreordainedDecided in advance unavoidably
- fatedDetermined by destiny
- predeterminedEstablished beforehand
inevitable · providential · meant to be · written · appointed · inescapable · prophesied · foretold · destined · karma
priest
One who performs sacraments
deacon · chaplain · preacher · vicar · rector · cleric · monk · nun · rabbi · imam
consecration
Dedicating to sacred purpose
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- installationProcess of putting in
- laying on of handsRitual healing through touch
vows · sacrament · anointing · blessing · ritual · liturgy · vestments · procession · altar · cathedral
mandated
Officially ordered or required
- commandedGave authoritative instructions
- prescribedOfficially recommended or mandated
- dictatedImposed without discussion
established · instituted · enacted · imposed · proclaimed · ordered · ruled · declared · pronounced · directed
authorized
Given official permission
- approvedOfficially accepted or permitted
- legitimizedMade lawful or valid
- validatedConfirmed as true or acceptable
recognized · endorsed · ratified · permitted · sanctified · blessed · confirmed · accredited · licensed · official
- Buddhist monasticsmonk, nun, novice, abbot, abbess
- Scottish Kirkkirk, presbytery, General Assembly, moderator, eldership
- fatedestiny, fate, kismet, Moira, fated
- predeterminedfate, destiny, kismet, prearranged, preset
- BuddhismBuddha, dharma wheel, Four Noble Truths, nirvana, dharma
- Catholic Clergypope, pontiff, cardinal, bishop, monsignor
ordainedunordained
Not formally consecrated
nonordained · defrocked · lay · secular · excommunicated
ordainedforbidden
Not allowed
prohibited · random · accidental · unsettled · chance
ordainedself-appointed
Claiming authority unbidden
self-proclaimed · unauthorized · illegitimate · unofficial · unsanctioned
- ordained ministerSanctioned religious authority figure
- ordained ministryAuthorized religious leadership role
ordain, preordain, ordaining, preordained, ordains, unordained, preordaining