ordain

ordain someone

(as) something

1. Lit. to establish someone as a priest or minister. In a lovely ceremony, they ordained David as a priest. He was ordained as a priest by a bishop.

2. Fig. to establish someone as something. They ordained the poor old man as a deputy sheriff. Was he duly ordained as a Mercedes mechanic?

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Endika	-	Basque
Ioan	-	Romanian, Welsh, Bulgarian
Kimberley	['kimbəli]
Dareios	-	Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek
Rasim	-	Arabic
Morin	['mɔ:rin]