Ordinate (Verb)
Meaning 1
Appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Examples
- After completing his theology studies, he was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon.
- She felt called by God and decided to pursue a path that would eventually ordain her as a priest.
- The Bishop ordained him to the office of pastor with a special ceremony.
- He was first ordained as a transitional deacon, before moving on to the priesthood.
- Many years of seminary training were required before one could be ordained in the Catholic Church.
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Meaning 2
Bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation; "align the wheels of my car"; "ordinate similar parts".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The designer had to ordinate the different sections of the company's annual report in a way that made sense to the readers.
- The engineers carefully ordinate the mechanical components of the new car model to maximize efficiency.
- It was the editor's job to ordinate the various chapters of the historical book to provide a cohesive narrative.
- The staff had to ordinate the logistics of the music festival so that the events and performances happened smoothly.
- The IT specialist helped the company ordinate its software systems with the new hardware upgrade.