1. Order by virtue of superior authority; decree
   "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"
   - enact 
2. Appoint to a clerical posts
   "he was ordained in the Church"
   - consecrate, ordinate, order 
3. Invest with ministerial or priestly authority
   "The minister was ordained only last month" 
4. Issue an order

Derived forms: ordained, ordaining, ordains

See also: ordainer, ordinance

Type of: decree, enthrone, invest, vest

Encyclopedia: Ordain

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