ORDAIN

Definition:

1. [verb] order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"
   Synonyms: enact
   
   
2. [verb] appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"
   Synonyms: consecrate, ordinate, order
   
   
3. [verb] invest with ministerial or priestly authority; "The minister was ordained only last month"
   
   
4. [verb] issue an order
   
   

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Related Words:

• reenact
• legislate, pass
• predestine
• will
• destine, fate, doom, designate

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