Established by authority. / Admitted to the ministry of the church.

simple past tense and past participle of ordain

plural of ordainer

A person (usually a clergyman) who ordains.

Capable of being ordained; worthy to be ordained or appointed.

To prearrange unalterably. / To decree. / (religion) To admit into the ministry, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi. / To predestine.

plural of ordainment

ordination

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ordain

present participle of ordain