Word Definition

Ordain

  1. To set apart for an office; to appoint.
  2. 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.
  3. To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute.
  4. To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish.