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Ordained

of Ordain

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Similar meaning 8

Consecrate 84% connected

Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Consecrate 84% connected

Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Consecrated 84% connected

of Consecrate

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Consecrated 84% connected

of Consecrate

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Dedicated 84% connected

of Dedicate

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Dedicated 84% connected

of Dedicate

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Settled 84% connected

of Settle

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Settled 84% connected

of Settle

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

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Appointed 92% connected

of Appoint

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Decreed 92% connected

of Decree

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Prescribed 92% connected

of Prescribe

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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