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1. Order by virtue of superior authority; decree
   "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews";
   - enact
    
2. Appoint to a clerical post
   "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

Type of: decree, enthrone, invest, vest

Encyclopedia: Ordain