Ordained

Examples

• Might not that woman, by her labour, have made the reparation ordained by God in paying fourfold? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• In full sight of whom, the malignant star of the Analytical has pre-ordained that pain and ridicule shall befall him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• If Fate had ordained that she should be a Duchess, she would even have done that duty too. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Upon my word and honour I seem to be fated, and destined, and ordained, to live in the midst of things that I am never to hear the last of. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• I have been ordained, cried the old rascal. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He was ordained a priest in 1538, and a year later his long-dreamt-of order was founded under the military title of the Company of Jesus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Recollection of the best ordained banquets will scarcely cheer sick epicures. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The Lord hath ordained to every man the share of his inheritance; a testament is not lawful to the prejudice of heirs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Ay, to be sure, he must be ordained in readiness; and I am very glad to find things are so forward between you. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• How unlucky that you are not ordained; Mr. Rushworth and Maria are quite ready. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• War is an element in the order of the world ordained by God. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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