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Synonyms for ordain

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Synonyms for ordain

to set forth expressly and authoritatively

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Synonyms for ordain

order by virtue of superior authority

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appoint to a clerical posts

invest with ministerial or priestly authority

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He told police that unknown protesters also looted 12 lakh rupees cash, 22 tola gold ordainments and other valuable things and gave loss of more then one million rupees to the Christians community.
The government restricts religious institutions' access to the media, the Internet, and printing presses; their ability to have full control of ordainments or adequate numbers of foreign priests or pastors to work in the country; and their ability to establish socially useful institutions, including schools and universities, hospitals and clinics, and nursing homes.
Imam Zaid Shakir Former Muslim Chaplain at Yale University said "Muslims cannot accept the legitimacy of the existing American order, since it is against the orders and ordainments of Allah." Sheik Ibraham Muderis said "We have ruled the world before, and by Allah, the day will come when we will rule the entire world again.