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Meaning of ordain

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  ordain
      v 1: order by virtue of superior authority; decree; "The King
           ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the
           legislature enacted this law in 1985" [syn: {ordain},
           {enact}]
      2: appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"
         [syn: {ordain}, {consecrate}, {ordinate}, {order}]
      3: invest with ministerial or priestly authority; "The minister
         was ordained only last month"
      4: issue an order

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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