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Mandate vs Ordain - What's the difference?

mandate | ordain |

As verbs the difference between mandate and ordain

is that mandate is while ordain is to prearrange unalterably.

mandate

Noun

(en noun)
  • An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
  • Verb

    (mandat)
  • to authorize
  • to make mandatory
  • Derived terms

    * mandatary * mandator * mandatory

    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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