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Enact vs Ordain - What's the difference?

enact | ordain |

As verbs the difference between enact and ordain

is that enact is to make (a bill) into law while ordain is to prearrange unalterably.

As a noun enact

is purpose; determination.

enact

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (legal) to make (a bill) into law
  • to act the part of; to play
  • * Shakespeare
  • I did enact Julius Caesar.
  • to do; to effect
  • * Shakespeare
  • The king enacts more wonders than a man.

    Derived terms

    * enactability * enactable * enactably * enaction * enactor

    Noun

  • (obsolete) purpose; determination
  • (Webster 1913)

    ordain

    English

    Verb

  • to prearrange unalterably
  • to decree
  • to admit into the ministry of a religion, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk.
  • to authorize as a rabbi
  • to predestine
  • Synonyms

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    See also

    * ordination

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