ordain
Verb
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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 decreehyponym:synonym: enact -
Appoint to a clerical posts (synset 202391154)
"he was ordained in the Church"
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Invest with ministerial or priestly authority (synset 202432573)
"The minister was ordained only last month"
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Issue an order (synset 200748070)
hypernym: decree - issue a decree
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