Meaning

To improperly ordain into a ministry..

Definitions by Sense

1. To improperly ordain into a ministry.
2. To predestine or cause to occur, with unfortunate results.

Example Sentences

Thus Colluthus, a Presbyter of Alexandria, having presumed to Ordain Presbyters, was summoned in the General Council before Hosius and other Bishops, rebuked for his presumption, ancd commanded to keep within his own Order, and the Ordinations of all those whom he had thus misordained were declared null and void.

For this he was convented in the general council before Hosius and other bishops; and with deserved checks remanded to keep within his own tether, and a nullity pronounced of those he misordained.

"I did it," he said, catching hold of my hand with a suddenness that made me drop my umbrella, "I did it sweet, dear Mrs. Glubbins, because that cruel fate which sometimes misordains things most terribly created the being I could have adored a good twenty year too soon."

I hope to show a few specimens of his work that prove the immense pity of it that Fate so ordained, or rather misordained — the immense mistake we fall into if as a caricaturist we think of him mainly.

Word Forms

• misordains
• misordaining
• misordained

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