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misordain en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + ordain.

Meanings

1. To improperly ordain into a ministry.
   • 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. 1863, Joseph Hall, Philip Wynter, The Works of the Right Reverend Joseph Hall - Volume 9, page 233:
   • 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. 1831, James Bassnett Mills, An apology for the Church of England, page 172:
2. To predestine or cause to occur, with unfortunate results.
   • "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." 1887 October, C. J. M. Robertson, “Baby Bertie: A Nurse's Story”, in The Australian Journal: A Weekly Record of Literature, volume 23, page 108:
   • 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. 1929, Selwyn Image, Some Reflections on the Art of Thomas Rowlandson & George Morland, page 10:

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