Ordain

Ordain - Other Definitions

• (v. t.) To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish.
  
  
• (v. t.) To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute.
  
  
• (v. t.) To set apart for an office; to appoint.
  
  
• (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.
  
  
• (imp. & p. p.) of Ordain