ordain

tr.v., -dained, -dain·ing, -dains.

1. 1. To invest with ministerial or priestly authority; confer holy orders on.
   2. To authorize as a rabbi.
2. To order by virtue of superior authority; decree or enact.
3. To prearrange unalterably; predestine: by fate ordained. See synonyms at dictate.

[Middle English ordeinen, from Old French ordener, ordein-, from Latin ōrdināre, to organize, appoint to office, from ōrdō, ōrdin-, order.]

ordainer or·dain'er n.
ordainment or·dain'ment n.

verb

To set forth expressly and authoritatively: decree, dictate, fix, impose, lay down, prescribe. Idioms: call theshotstune, lay it on the line. See over/under.

v

Definition: establish, install
Antonyms: cancel, disallow, retract, void

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The verb has 5 meanings:

Meaning #1: order by virtue of superior authority; decree
  Synonym: enact

Meaning #2: appoint to a clerical posts
  Synonyms: consecrate, ordinate, order

Meaning #3: authorize as a rabbi

Meaning #4: invest with ministerial or priestly authority

Meaning #5: issue an order

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forordne, fastsætte, bestemme, beordre, ordinere, præstevie

Nederlands (Dutch)
verordenen, bevelen, decreteren, een geestelijke inwijden, voorbestemmen

Français (French)
v. tr. - décréter, (Relig) ordonner

Deutsch (German)
v. - ordinieren, bestimmen, verfügen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εντέλλομαι, ορίζω, θεσπίζω, διορίζω, (θρησκ.) χειροτονώ, (νομ.) επιτάσσω, διατάσσω, (μτφ.) (προ)ορίζω, προαλείφω

Italiano (Italian)
prescrivere, ordinare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - ordenar, estabelecer, dispor

Русский (Russian)
посвятить в духовный сан, подготовить, постановить

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - ordenar, decretar, destinar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - prästviga, ordinera, föreskriva, förordna

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
注定, 任命, 规定

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 注定, 任命, 規定

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 정하다, 안수하다, 정돈하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 定める, 命令する, 命令を出す, 運命づける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يعينه كاهنا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הסמיך (כומר), גזר, הורה, ציווה‬

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