Hode

//hoʊd// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To ordain; consecrate; admit to a religious order. obsolete, transitive

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Etymology

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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