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Phrase(s): 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?
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs