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1. make (someone) a priest or minister; confer holy orders on.

(公式に)…を 【聖職者に】任命する «as»

2. order or decree (something) officially:

｟かたく｠ ; 〖～ that節〗 〈権威ある者･運命などが〉…ということを命じる, …するものと決定する.

e.g. equal punishment was ordained for the two crimes.

(especially of God or fate) prescribe; determine (something):

e.g. the path ordained by God.

ordainer noun

ordainment noun

Middle English (also in the sense ‘put in order’): from Anglo-Norman French ordeiner, from Latin ordinare, from ordo, ordin- (see order).