ordain

Verb
  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"
    is a type of: decree - issue a decree
    subtypes:
    same as: enact
  2. Appoint to a clerical posts (synset 202391154)
    "he was ordained in the Church"
    is a type of: enthrone, invest, vest - provide with power and authority
    same as: consecrate, order, ordinate
  3. Invest with ministerial or priestly authority (synset 202432573)
    "The minister was ordained only last month"
    is a type of: enthrone, invest, vest - provide with power and authority
  4. Issue an order (synset 200748070)
    is a type of: decree - issue a decree
    subtypes:

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