ordain
vt. 任命(某人)为牧师; 授予(某人)圣职; (上帝、法律等)命令; 判定
When someone is ordained, they are made a member of the clergy in a religious ceremony.
He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1982...
他于1982年被任命为天主教司铎。
Women have been ordained for many years in the Church of Scotland...
苏格兰长老会多年前就已开始任命女性担任圣职。
If some authority or power ordains something, they decide that it should happen or be in existence.
Destiny has ordained that they are who they are...
命运已经决定了他们的性格为人。
His rule was ordained by heaven...
他的统治乃是天命。
1. order by virtue of superior authority; decree;
2. appoint to a clerical posts;
3. invest with ministerial or priestly authority;
4. issue an order
Does Joel 2:28 permit us ordain women preachers?
约珥书2:28允许我们任命女传道 吗 ?
The church's ruling body voted to ordain women as priests.
该教会的管理机构投票通过接纳女性为牧师。
He ordained his own priests, and threatened to ordain bishops.
他自行任命了牧师,还扬言要任命主教。
The recession may already be severe enough to ordain structural change.
这次经济衰退可能已经严重到必须进行体制变革的地步了。