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
Kallisto	-	Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Metrophanes	-	Ancient Greek
Zackary	ZAK-ə-ree	English
Adria	AYD-ree-ə	English
Pontius	PAHN-shəs (English), PAHN-tee-əs (English)	Ancient Roman, Biblical Latin, Biblical
Christine	krees-TEEN (French), kris-TEEN (English), kris-TEE-nə (German, Dutch)	French, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch