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
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- 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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