ordain
/ɔːˈdeɪn/ verb [T]Translation
› to officially make someone a Christian priest
kilise görevlisi/papaz olarak atamak/atanmak
[often passive] Dr Coker was ordained by the Bishop of London in 1986.737(Definition of ordain verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
© Cambridge University Press)
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