KJV Dictionary Definition: ordain

ordain

ORDA'IN, v.t. L. ordino, from ordo, order.

1. Properly, to set; to establish in a particular office or order; hence, to invest with a ministerial function or sacerdotal power; to introduce and establish or settle in the pastoral office with the customary forms and solemnities; as, to ordain a minister of the gospel. In America, men are ordained over a particular church and congregation, or as evangelists without the charge of a particular church, or as deacons in the episcopal church.

2. To appoint; to decree.

Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month. 1Kings 12.

As many as were ordained to eternal life, believed.

Acts 13.

3. To set; to establish; to institute; to constitute.

Mulmutius ordained our laws.

4. To set apart for an office; to appoint.

Jesus ordained twelve that they should be with him. Mark 3.

5. To appoint; to prepare.

For Tophet is ordained of old. Is. 30.

ordained

ORDA'INED, pp. Appointed; instituted; established; invested with ministerial or pastoral functions; settled.

ordainer

ORDA'INER, n. One who ordains, appoints or invests with sacerdotal powers.

ordaining

ORDA'INING, ppr. Appointing; establishing; investing with sacerdotal or pastoral functions.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
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