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Ordained vs Established - What's the difference?

ordained | established |

As adjectives the difference between ordained and established

is that ordained is established by authority while established is of a religion, church etc: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.

As verbs the difference between ordained and established

is that ordained is (ordain) while established is (establish).

ordained

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Established by authority.
  • Admitted to the ministry of the church.
    • There was much pomp at the ceremony that made him an ordained minister.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (ordain)

    • established

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (establish)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 731:
    • Anglicanism did manage to strengthen its position in the southern English American colonies after Charles II's restoration (even in cosmopolitan New York), gaining established status in six out of the eventual thirteen.
  • (Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.

    • Derived terms

    * established church * long-established

    Synonyms

    * (abbreviation)