ordain

Verbs

  • (v) order by virtue of superior authority; decree
    • The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews
    • the legislature enacted this law in 1985
    enact,
  • (v) appoint to a clerical posts
    • he was ordained in the Church
    consecrate, ordinate, order,
  • (v) invest with ministerial or priestly authority
    • The minister was ordained only last month
  • (v) issue an order

Synonyms

enact consecrate ordinate order

Words of close approximity

ordained ordainer