What is the meaning of ordained?

verb

• Order by virtue of superior authority; decree.
  • usage: "The King ordained the persecution and expulsion of the Jews"; "the legislature enacted this law in 1985"
  • synonyms: ordain, enact
• Appoint to a clerical posts.
  • usage: "he was ordained in the Church"
  • synonyms: ordain, consecrate, ordinate, order
• Invest with ministerial or priestly authority.
  • usage: "The minister was ordained only last month"
  • synonyms: ordain
• Issue an order.
  • synonyms: ordain

adjective

• Fixed or established especially by order or command."at the time appointed (or the appointed time")
  • synonyms: appointed, decreed, prescribed
• Invested with ministerial or priestly functions.
  • usage: "an ordained priest"