ordainment

transitive verb

1. Obsolete to put in order; arrange; prepare
2. 1. to decree; order; establish; enact
   2. to predetermine; predestine
3. to invest with the functions or office of a minister, priest, or rabbi

Origin: ME ordeinen < OFr ordener < L ordinare, to arrange (in LL(Ec), to ordain as a priest) < L ordo, order

intransitive verb