(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
When someone is ~ed, they are made a member of the clergy in a religious ceremony.
He was ~ed a Catholic priest in 1982...
Women have been ~ed for many years in the Church of Scotland...
He ~ed his own priests, and threatened to ~ bishops...
VERB: be V-ed n, be V-ed, V n
2.
If some authority or power ~s something, they decide that it should happen or be in existence. (FORMAL)
Nehru ~ed that socialism should rule...
His rule was ~ed by heaven...
The recession may already be severe enough to ~ structural change.
= decree
VERB: V that, be V-ed, V n