or ‧ dain /ɔːˈdeɪn $ ɔːr-/ BrE AmE verb [transitive]
[ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: ordener , from Latin ordinare 'to put in order' , from ordo ; ⇨ ↑ order 1 ]
1 . to officially make someone a priest or religious leader ⇨ ordination :
Desmond Tutu was ordained in 1960.
ordain somebody (as) something
The church voted to allow women to be ordained as priests.
2 . formal to order that something should happen
ordain that
The King ordained that deer should not be hunted without a royal licence.