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ordain  (ordains 3rd person present) (ordaining present participle) (ordained past tense & past participle )
1  verb When someone is ordained, they are made a member of the clergy in a religious ceremony. 
He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1982...  be V-ed n 
Women have been ordained for many years in the Church of Scotland...  be V-ed 
He ordained his own priests, and threatened to ordain bishops...  V n 
2  verb If some authority or power ordains something, they decide that it should happen or be in existence. 
FORMAL 
(=decree) 
Nehru ordained that socialism should rule...  V that 
His rule was ordained by heaven...  be V-ed 
The recession may already be severe enough to ordain structural change.  V n 



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