• vt. 任命某人為牧師；授某人以圣職；（上帝、法律等）命令；注定
• vi. 頒布命令

來自拉丁語ordinare,安排，布置，指定，詞源同order.引申詞義安排職位，授予圣職或圣秩。

ordain

ordain: see order

ordain (v.)

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.

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.

這次經濟衰退可能已經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?

約珥書2:28允許我們任命女傳道 嗎 ?

來自互聯網