ordain

ORDA'IN, verb transitive [Latin ordino, from ordo, order.] 1. Properly, to set; to establish in a particular office or order; hence, to invest with a ministerial function or sacerdotal power; to introduce and establish or settle in the pastoral office with the customary forms and solemnities; as, to ordain a minister of the gospel. In America, men are ordained over a particular church and congregation, or as evangelists without the charge of a particular church, or as deacons in the episcopal church. 2. To appoint; to decree. Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month. 1 Kings 12:32. As many as were ordained to eternal life, believed. Acts 13:48. 3. To set; to establish; to institute; to constitute. Mulmutius ordained our laws. 4. To set apart for an office; to appoint. Jesus ordained twelve that they should be with him. Mark 3:14. 5. To appoint; to prepare. For Tophet is ordained of old. Isaiah 30:33.