Main entry: ordain
Definition: issue an order
Main entry: consecrate, ordain, order, ordinate
Definition: appoint to a clerical posts
Usage: he was ordained in the Church
Main entry: ordain
Definition: invest with ministerial or priestly authority
Usage: The minister was ordained only last month
Definition: order by virtue of superior authority; decree
Usage: The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews; the legislature enacted this law in 1985