ordain
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verb with object
1. make (someone) a priest or minister; confer holy orders on.
(公式に)…を 【聖職者に】任命する «as»
2. order or decree (something) officially:
｟かたく｠ ; 〖～ that節〗 〈権威ある者･運命などが〉…ということを命じる, …するものと決定する.
e.g. equal punishment was ordained for the two crimes.
(especially of God or fate) prescribe; determine (something):
e.g. the path ordained by God.
DERIVATIVES
ordainer noun
ordainment noun
ORIGIN
Middle English (also in the sense ‘put in order’): from Anglo-Norman French ordeiner, from Latin ordinare, from ordo, ordin- (see order).