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(v)
ordain
,
enact
order by virtue of superior authority; decree
“The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews”
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“the legislature enacted this law in 1985”
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(v)
ordain
,
consecrate
,
ordinate
,
order
appoint to a clerical posts
“he was ordained in the Church”
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(v)
ordain
invest with ministerial or priestly authority
“The minister was ordained only last month”
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(v)
ordain
issue an order
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