ordaining
v. 任命(某人)为牧师( ordain的现在分词 ); 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。