verb (v)

• order by virtue of superior authority; decree(verb.social)

  Example:
  The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews.
  

  Synonym:
  enact
  

  source: wordnet30
• appoint to a clerical posts(verb.social)

  Example:
  He was ordained in the Church.
  

  Synonym:
  consecrate, order, ordinate
  

  source: wordnet30
• invest with ministerial or priestly authority(verb.social)

  Example:
  The minister was ordained only last month.
  

  source: wordnet30
• issue an order(verb.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish.(verb)

  source: webster1913