invest with ministerial or priestly authority; "The minister was ordained only last month"
authorize as a rabbi; "Our rabbi was ordained in Spain"
of clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"
order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"
appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"
order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"
