Thesaurus: ordain

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1. v. t. To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish.
2. v. t. To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute.
3. v. t. To set apart for an office; to appoint.
4. v. t. To invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; to introduce into the office of the Christian ministry, by the laying on of hands, or other forms; to set apart by the ceremony of ordination.
5. v. order by virtue of superior authority; decree
6. v. appoint to a clerical posts
7. v. invest with ministerial or priestly authority
8. v. issue an order
9. 1. To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish. "Battle well ordained." Spenser. The stake that shall be ordained on either side. Chaucer. 2. To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute. Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month. 1 Kings xii. 32. And doth the power that man adores ordain Their doom Byron. 3. To set apart for an office; to appoint. Being ordained his special governor. Shak. 4. (Eccl.) To invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; to introduce into the office of the Christian ministry, by the laying on of hands, or other forms; to set apart by the ceremony of ordination. Meletius was ordained by Arian bishops. Bp. Stillingfleet.
10. To invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; tointroduce into the office of the Christian ministry, by the laying onof hands, or other forms; to set apart by the ceremony of ordination.Meletius was ordained by Arian bishops. Bp. Stillingfleet.
11. v:100 v. order by virtue of superior authority; decree v. appoint to a clerical posts v. invest with ministerial or priestly authority v. issue an order