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								order by virtue of superior authority; decree The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews
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								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
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								issue an order
 
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			| 1. Ordain / Past ordained
 2. Ordain / Third Person
 ordains
 3. Ordain / Present Participle
 ordaining
 
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