ordain

ordain
verb
[with obj.]
  1. make (someone) a priest or minister; confer holy orders on
    委任…为牧师,授…以神职
  2. order or decree (something) officially
    (官方)规定,决定
    equal punishment was ordained for the two crimes.
    规定对这两种罪行量刑相同。
    [with clause]the king ordained that these courts should be revived.
    国王下令重新设立这些法庭。
    ■(especially of God or fate) prescribe; determine (something)
    (尤指上帝、命运)注定,决定
    the path ordained by God.
    上帝指定的路。
派生
ordainer
noun
ordainment
noun
语源
  1. Middle English (also in the sense 'put in order'): from Anglo-Norman French ordeiner, from Latin ordinare, from ordo, ordin- (see order)
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