Ordain /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Ordained; p. pr. & vb. n. Ordaining

1. To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish.

   The stake that shall be ordained on either side.

2. To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute.

   Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month.

   And doth the power that man adores ordain Their doom ?

3. To set apart for an office; to appoint.

   Being ordained his special governor.

4. 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. (Eccl.)

   Meletius was ordained by Arian bishops.