及物动词

1. 授予…圣职;任命…为神职人员
When someone is ordained, they are made a member of the clergy in a religious ceremony.

2. 规定；决定；主宰
If some authority or power ordains something, they decide that it should happen or be in existence.

1. issue an order

2. appoint to a clerical posts

e.g. he was ordained in the Church

Synonym: consecrateordinateorder

3. invest with ministerial or priestly authority

e.g. The minister was ordained only last month

4. order by virtue of superior authority
decree

e.g. The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews
the legislature enacted this law in 1985

Synonym: enact