ordain
/ɔːˈdeɪn/verb
with obj.
1
- make (someone) a priest or minister; confer holy orders on委任…为牧师, 授…以神职。
2
- order or decree (something) officially（官方）规定, 决定：
equal punishment was ordained for the two crimes
规定对这两种罪行量刑相同
with clause the king ordained that these courts should be revived.国王下令重新设立这些法庭。
2.1
- (especially of God or fate) prescribe; determine (something)（尤指上帝、命运）注定, 决定：
the path ordained by God.
上帝指定的路。
派生词
ordainer
nounordainment
noun词源
Middle English （also in the sense 'put in order'）： from Anglo-Norman French ordeiner, from Latin ordinare, from ordo, ordin- （see ORDER）.