ordain的解释是什么

1. order by virtue of superior authority; decree;

   "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"
   "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"
   

2. appoint to a clerical posts;

   "he was ordained in the Church"
   

3. invest with ministerial or priestly authority;

   "The minister was ordained only last month"
   

4. issue an order

1.授予…圣职;任命…为神职人员
When someoneis ordained, they are made a member of the clergy in a religious ceremony.

e.g. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1982...
他于1982年被任命为天主教司铎。
e.g. 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。

2.规定；决定；主宰
If some authority or powerordains something, they decide that it should happen or be in existence.

e.g. Destiny has ordained that they are who they are...
命运已经决定了他们的性格为人。
e.g. His rule was ordained by heaven...
他的统治乃是天命。

• self-ordained自己制定的

• He was..ordained deacon and priest by the Bishop of Oxford.

  出自：D. Cupitt