v. rare. [f. CO- + ORDAIN.] trans. To ordain together.
a. 1679. T. Goodwin, Wks., II. ii. 114 (R.). So must Christ be [the end] of all the creatures appointed and co-ordained with him.
1832. Gen. P. Thompson, Exerc. (1842), II. 40. The Saint-Simonian term is ‘co-ordain’; men have not discovered aright, because nobody would ‘co-ordain’ for them beforehand. And ‘co-ordain’ means to command.
So Co-ordainer, one who takes part in ordaining.
1644. Jessop, Angel of Eph., 52. Those which were Co-ordainers with the Bishop.
