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hode.

To ordain; consecrate; admit to a religious order.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/həʊd/Received-Pronunciation, UK/hoʊd/General-American, US
  1. To ordain; consecrate; admit to a religious order.

    obsolete · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English hoden, hodien, from Old English hādian (“to ordain, consecrate”), from Old English hād (“rank, order, office, holy office”). More at hade (“state, order, rank”).

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