ordainment
verbHow many syllables in ordainment?
There are 3 syllables in the word ordainment.How to pronounce ordainment:
Definition of ordainment:
- ordainment (verb):
- to invest (see invest entry 2 sense 1) officially (as by the laying on of hands) with ministerial or priestly authority
Synonyms for ordainment:
condemn
destine
doom
fate
foreordain
predestine
predetermine
predict
preordain
Antonyms for ordainment:
allowance
answer
permission
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- neck and neck
- conqueror
- unscheduled
- mortify
- infringement
- fruitfully
- dunedin
- bequeathed
- typify
- feathery
- essayer
- bank discount
- spectators
- rocketed
- reprisal
- narrowly
- detention
- conscienceless
- anaesthesia
- amounted
- beautify
- volcanic
- truancy
- signifies
- relishing
- permeable
- lacuna
- forsaken
- acoustic
- unlikeness
- paralyze
- flabbergast
- beleaguered
- ambulate
- wintertime
- tightening
- sorcerer
- sky-scraping
- overslept
- hygienic
- courtier
- confronted
- confounded
- undesired
- peonies
- favoring
- spiraling
- drunkenly
- depletion
- rancorous
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Syllable Fun Fact
In English, all syllables must contain at least one vowel sound, but the vowel can be represented by different letters, including 'y' as in 'myth'.
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