ordain > define

verb

• Order by virtue of superior authority; decree.
  • usage: "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"
  • synonyms: enact
• Appoint to a clerical posts.
  • usage: "he was ordained in the Church"
  • synonyms: consecrate, ordinate, order
• Invest with ministerial or priestly authority.
  • usage: "The minister was ordained only last month"
• Issue an order. .

• (v.t.) To invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; to introduce into the office of the Christian ministry, by the laying on of hands or other forms; to set apart by the ceremony of ordination.
• (v.t.) To set apart for an office; to appoint.
• (v.t.) To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish.
• (v.t.) To regulate or establish, by appointment, decree or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute.