ordainable

[Eng. ordain; -able.] Capable of being ordained or appointed. "The nature of man is ordainable to life." -Bishop Hall , Remains , p. 377. or-dāin-er, *or-dain-our, *or-dein-our, subst. [Eng. ordain; -er.] 1. Ord. Lang .: One who ordains, appoints, establishes, or decrees; one who invests with sacerdotal functions. "That again depends upon the ordainer's secret inten. tion."- Chilling worth : Religion of Protestants , ch. ii., pt. 109. of Edward II., whom the king was obliged to em2. Eng. Hist.: One of a junto of nobles in the reign power with authority to enact ordinances for the government of the kingdom, the regulation of the king's household, . (J. R. Green.)