Ordinated

Part of speech: adjective, verb

Definitions

1. Formally appointed or officially constituted to a specific position or office; arranged or ordered in a systematic or hierarchical structure; made to conform or align according to a set of rules or principles
2. Officially invested with authority or responsibility for a role; organized or structured in a prescribed sequence or pattern; adjusted or adapted to fit a particular system or standard
3. Authorized through a formal ceremony or decree to perform duties; methodically arranged or classified within an order; regulated to comply with established guidelines or conventions

Etymology: "Ordinated" is the past tense and past participle of "ordinate," a verb meaning to ordain someone into the clergy, and it sits in the same family as the word "ordain," which reaches English by a different route. The two are doublets: both descend from Latin "ordinare," meaning to arrange or set in order, but one came through Old French and the other was borrowed more directly from Latin. The Latin root "ordo," meaning order or rank, is the common ancestor. The clerical sense is a late development. The verb "ordinate" was in use for arranging or setting things in order, and its ecclesiastical meaning of conferring holy orders was built later from the noun "ordination." Dictionaries treat that church sense as a back-formation, meaning the verb was formed by stripping the ending off the existing noun, rather than as a direct inheritance from Latin. The adjective and participle forms carry the older, plainer sense of something being set in order.

Synonyms: ordered, arranged, organized, appointed

Antonyms: disordered, disorganized, unordered