ordainment


or·dain

O0109800 (ôr-dān′)tr.v. or·dained, or·dain·ing, or·dains 1. a. To invest with ministerial or priestly authority; confer holy orders on: ordain a priest.b. To authorize as a rabbi.2. To order or decree by virtue of superior authority: The management ordained that business attire should be worn in the office at all times.3. To prearrange unalterably; predestine: events that were ordained by fate.
[Middle English ordeinen, from Old French ordener, ordein-, from Latin ōrdināre, to organize, appoint to office, from ōrdō, ōrdin-, order; see ar- in Indo-European roots.]
or·dain′er n.or·dain′ment n.