Ordain has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Verb
1
order by virtue of superior authority; decree
"The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"
"the legislature enacted this law in 1985"
2
appoint to a clerical posts
"he was ordained in the Church"
3
invest with ministerial or priestly authority
"The minister was ordained only last month"
5
To prearrange unalterably.
Example Sentences
"The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"
verb
"the legislature enacted this law in 1985"
verb
"he was ordained in the Church"
verb
"The minister was ordained only last month"
verb
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