adjective
                                                fixed or established especially by order or command
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                                                                                                        - at the time appointed (or the appointed time)
 
                                                                                        
                                                adjective
                                                invested with ministerial or priestly functions
                                                
                                                                                                Examples
                                                
                                                                                                        - an ordained priest
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                order by virtue of superior authority
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                                                                                                        - decree
- The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews
- the legislature enacted this law in 1985
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                appoint to a clerical posts
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                                                                                                        - he was ordained in the Church
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                invest with ministerial or priestly authority
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                                                                                                        - The minister was ordained only last month
 
                                                                                        
                                                verb
                                                issue an order
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