ordained

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We're not special, and life is not an ordained right, but a gift.

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Quick take

fixed or established especially by order or command; "at the time appointed (or the appointed time")

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

fixed or established especially by order or command; "at the time appointed (or the appointed time")

adjective

invested with ministerial or priestly functions; "an ordained priest"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for ordained.

adjective

fixed or established especially by order or command; "at the time appointed (or the appointed time")

See also: appointed, decreed, prescribed

adjective

invested with ministerial or priestly functions; "an ordained priest"

Example sentences

We're not special, and life is not an ordained right, but a gift.

Sorry, we shouldn't be questioning the ordained oligarchy, I guess.

It's more than the money, it's elite socialization: Rich kids learn to believe that they are pre-ordained to be leaders/rulers.

A non ordained view/comment against a group of people who maybe self validating can be seen as a extremely contrasting.

According to an early definition, "It is ordained that 3 grains of barley dry and round do make an inch, 12 inches make 1 foot, 3 feet make 1 yard.

It wasn't pre-ordained that Joe McCarthy would go down in history as an un-american douchebag.

Surely there must be some level of democratically ordained wealth redistribution that would qualify as "mooching", no?

> If you choose to live in a democratic society, why not obey the democratically ordained laws?As opposed to choosing not to live in a democratic society?

Whenever I hear about robots or software agents "inventing" or "evolving" some aspect of human intelligence, I'm always skeptical because it sounds like they were programmed such that this outcome is almost pre-ordained.

Similarly, "executive talent" is an artificial artifact, not some genetically-ordained rarity.

You can make an argument that a particular set of conditions exists without making the argument the particular set of conditions is the ideal balance of conditions.> Surely there must be some level of democratically ordained wealth redistribution that would qualify as "mooching", no?Sure.

""In the first place, he ordered that the monthly rate of interest should be reckoned at one per cent., and no more; in the second place, he cut off all interest that exceeded the principal; third, and most important of all, he ordained that the lender should receive not more than the fourth part of his debtor's income, and any lender who added interest to principal was deprived of the whole.