ordain

1. Order by virtue of superior authority;
   Decree (synset 202432763)
   "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"
   hypernym: decree - issue a decree
   hyponym:

   • reenact - enact again
   • legislate, pass - make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
   synonym: enact
2. Appoint to a clerical posts (synset 202391154)
   "he was ordained in the Church"
   hypernym: enthrone, invest, vest - provide with power and authority
   synonym: consecrate, order, ordinate
3. Invest with ministerial or priestly authority (synset 202432573)
   "The minister was ordained only last month"
   hypernym: enthrone, invest, vest - provide with power and authority
4. Issue an order (synset 200748070)
   hypernym: decree - issue a decree
   hyponym:

   • predestine - decree or determine beforehand
   • will - decree or ordain
   • designate, destine, doom, fate - decree or designate beforehand

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