late 13c., "to appoint or admit to the ministry of the Church," from stem of Old French ordener "place in order, arrange, prepare; consecrate, designate" (Modern French ordonner) and directly from Latin ordinare "put in order, arrange, dispose, appoint," from ordo (genitive ordinis) "order" (see order (n.)). The notion is "to confer holy orders upon." Meaning "to decree, enact" is from c. 1300; sense of "to set (something) that will continue in a certain order" is from early 14c. Related: Ordained; ordaining.
雙語例句
1. He ordained his own priests, and threatened to ordain bishops.
他自行任命了牧師，還揚言要任命主教。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The recession may already be severe enough to ordain structural change.
這次經(jīng)濟衰退可能已經(jīng)嚴重到必須進行體制變革的地步了。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The church's ruling body voted to ordain women as priests.
該教會的管理機構(gòu)投票通過接納女性為牧師。
來自辭典例句
4. Does Joel 2:28 permit us ordain women preachers?