'ordain' definitions:

Definition of 'ordain'

(from WordNet)
verb
Order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985" [syn: ordain, enact]
verb
Appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church" [syn: ordain, consecrate, ordinate, order]
verb
Invest with ministerial or priestly authority; "The minister was ordained only last month"
verb
Issue an order

Synonyms of 'ordain'

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