The meaning of ORDAIN is to invest officially (as by the laying on of hands) with ministerial or priestly authority. How to use ordain in a sentence.

To ordain is to make someone a minister, priest, monk, or other member of the clergy. In the Catholic church, for example, a bishop ordains new priests. When you say that people have been ordained, you usually mean that they've been invested with special religion-related powers.

When someone is ordained, they are made a member of the clergy in a religious ceremony.

ORDAIN definition: 1. to officially make someone a priest or other religious leader, in a religious ceremony: 2. (of…. Learn more.

To invest with ministerial or priestly authority; confer holy orders on: ordain a priest. b. To authorize as a rabbi. 2. To order or decree by virtue of superior authority: The management ordained that business attire should be worn in the office at all times. 3. To prearrange unalterably; predestine: events that were ordained by fate.

Definition of ordain verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

ORDAIN meaning: 1 : to officially make (someone) a minister, priest, rabbi, etc.; 2 : to officially establish or order (something) sometimes used figuratively