Ordain: to create or command something formally especially by law or similarly authority.
By saying "to ordain and establish this constitution" the forefathers that they had the right and authority to self govern and that the constitution was formally be granted legal precedence over the new country.
The verb "ordain" can mean to officially enact, and "establish" means to found or define. This phrase in the preamble to the US Constitution simply means the Constitution is being put into place as the basis for the US government.
The verb "ordain" can mean to officially enact, and "establish" means to found or define. This phrase in the preamble to the US Constitution simply means the Constitution is being put into place as the basis for the US government.
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The verb "ordain" can mean to officially enact, and "establish" means to found or define. This phrase in the preamble to the US Constitution simply means the Constitution is being put into place as the basis for the US government.
We the people of the US of America. . . do ordain and establish this constitution for the US of America
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The phrase "do Ordain and establish this Constitution" most literally means "do order officially and found this Constitution." The statement essentially means that by their power as the 13 colony's governors, they were collectively agreeing to form and enforce the Constitution upon the colonies.
In the Preamble to the Constitution, "We the people" is the subject of the verb ordain.
To ordain something to happen is to order or command it.
If you mean the "Preamble" in United States History it is the opening paragraph of the United States Constitution which lists the reasons why we "establish[ed] and ordain[ed] the Constitution. Other documents also contain "preambles."