ordain
2. to order by superior authority.
1. Reform Jewish congregations in the United States now ordain women as rabbis
2. Congress ordained that the third Monday of January would honor the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., the civil rights leader slain in 1968.
ordination, n.
ORDO,ORDINIS
< L. "order," "series," "row," "line"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.----Confucius