1. Fixed or established especially by order or command
   "at the time ordained";
   - appointed, decreed, prescribed
    
2. Invested with ministerial or priestly functions
   "an ordained priest"

1. Appoint to a clerical post
   "he was ordained in the Church";
   - consecrate, ordinate [rare]
    
2. Invest with ministerial or priestly authority
   "The minister was ordained only last month"
    
3. Order by virtue of superior authority; decree
   "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews";
   - enact
    
4. Issue an order
   "The king ordained that all citizens must pay taxes"

See also: consecrate, consecrated, dedicated, settled

Type of: decree, enthrone, invest, vest

Encyclopedia: Ordained