ordaining
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Ordain \Or*dain"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ordained; p. pr. & vb. n. Ordaining.] [OE. ordeinen, OF. ordener, F. ordonner, fr. L. ordinare, from ordo, ordinis, order. See Order, and cf. Ordinance.]
1.To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish. "Battle well ordained." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
The stake that shall be ordained on either side.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]
2.To regulate, or establish, by appointment, decree, or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute. [1913 Webster]
Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month.— 1 Kings xii. 32.[1913 Webster]
And doth the power that man adores ordain Their doom ?— Byron.[1913 Webster]
3.To set apart for an office; to appoint. [1913 Webster]
Being ordained his special governor.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
4.(Eccl.) To invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; to introduce into the office of the Christian ministry, by the laying on of hands, or other forms; to set apart by the ceremony of ordination. [1913 Webster]
Meletius was ordained by Arian bishops.— Bp. Stillingfleet.[1913 Webster]