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Ordain vs Wed - What's the difference?

ordain | wed |

As verbs the difference between ordain and wed

is that ordain is to prearrange unalterably while wed is to perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.

As a noun Wed is

an alternative spelling of Wed.|lang=en.

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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    Anagrams

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    wed

    English

    Verb

  • To perform the marriage ceremony for; to join in matrimony.
    • The priest wed the couple.
  • * Milton
    • And Adam, wedded to another Eve, / Shall live with her.
  • To take as one's spouse.
    • She wed her first love.
  • To take a spouse.
  • (figuratively) To join (more or less permanently)
  • * Shakespeare
    • Thou art wedded to calamity.
  • * Tillotson
    • Men are wedded to their lusts.
  • * 2008 , Bradley Simpson, Economists with Guns , page 72:
  • (figurative) To take to oneself and support; to espouse.
  • * Clarendon
    • They positively and concernedly wedded his cause.

    Synonyms

    * marry

    Anagrams

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