- (v.t.) To invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; to introduce into the office of the Christian ministry, by the laying on of hands or other forms; to set apart by the ceremony of ordination.
- (v.t.) To set apart for an office; to appoint.
- (v.t.) To set in order; to arrange according to rule; to regulate; to set; to establish.
- (v.t.) To regulate or establish, by appointment, decree or law; to constitute; to decree; to appoint; to institute.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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