ordain

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ordained p. pr. & vb. n. Ordaining. ] [ OE. ordeinen, OF. ordener, F. ordonner, fr. L. ordinare, from ordo, ordinis, order. See Order, and cf. Ordinance. ] 1. To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish. “Battle well ordained.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The stake that shall be ordained on either side. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month. 1 Kings xii. 32. [ 1913 Webster ]

And doth the power that man adores ordain
Their doom ? Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To set apart for an office; to appoint. [ 1913 Webster ]

Being ordained his special governor. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Eccl.) To invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; to introduce into the office of the Christian ministry, by the laying on of hands, or other forms; to set apart by the ceremony of ordination. [ 1913 Webster ]

Meletius was ordained by Arian bishops. Bp. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being ordained; worthy to be ordained or appointed. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who ordains. [ 1913 Webster ]