Verb: ordain or'deyn
- Appoint to a clerical post
"he was ordained in the Church";
- consecrate, ordinate [rare]
- Invest with ministerial or priestly authority
"The minister was ordained only last month"
- Order by virtue of superior authority; decree
"The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews";
- enact
- Issue an order
"The king ordained that all citizens must pay taxes"
Derived forms: ordaining, ordains, ordained
Type of: decree, enthrone, invest, vest
Encyclopedia: Ordain, Ordination