Verb (used without object) : Thus do the gods ordain.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : to ordain a new type of government. ,He ordained that the restrictions were to be lifted. ,Fate had ordained the meeting.    From Dictionary.com. 

The description of "a calling" or "being called" to be ordained is moving.    From Wordnik.com.  [Book Review - A Church of Her Own] Reference

The ordained are a sacred brotherhood who are to be revered -- not for what they do, but for who they are: ordained.    From Wordnik.com.  [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference

Besides this, the footemen being wel ordained, which is the puissance of the armie, good horses of necessitie will come to be made.    From Wordnik.com.  [Machiavelli, Volume I] Reference

Jedi outfits were out because those guys are genetically pre-ordained, which is antithetical to the idea of us training for this race.    From Wordnik.com.  [Flash! Ah-ahhhhhh!] Reference

The girls are getting 'ordained' in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 31st.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-06-11] Reference

Pictured, Joan Houk, who is to be "ordained" Monday, July 31 on a boat in Pittsburgh.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oh Ladyeeeeeeeeeeee...] Reference

But with a lay person, even someone "ordained" by a non-Catholic sect, there's no guarantee.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ordinatio Sacerdotalis] Reference

Since when are men "ordained" as "bishops" by Marcel Lefebvre to be considered actual bishops?.    From Wordnik.com.  [A little snag with the SSPX reunion] Reference

Leadership material should be allowed to be read to only a few, those who are "ordained" to leadership.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ironic Quotes of the Day (Roger Olson)] Reference

Well, once again a few Catholic women have got themselves "ordained" as priests, this time in St. Louis yesterday.    From Wordnik.com.  [Oops, they did it again...] Reference

A group called Roman Catholic Womenpriests Movement in Canada has announced it has "ordained" three ladies as priests.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference

I do not use the word ordained, because.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vicissitudes in Genteel Life] Reference

Mr. Burris declares his appointment as "ordained" by the Lord.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letters in Bottles] Reference

But most churches in the NT were not planted by our equivalent of "ordained" clergy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Movements that change the world] Reference

"ordained" in the same way that deacons, priests and bishops were.    From Wordnik.com.  [National Catholic Reporter] Reference

"'I don't exactly understand this" ordained "business, 'was the trapper's reply.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lincoln's Yarns and Stories: a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller] Reference

3 He was ordained by Bishop Michael Cox, who also | 'ordained' the singer Sinead O'Connor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference

"ordained" by a duly-consecrated bishop, and therefore, their "ordaination" has sacramental validity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boston.com Most Popular] Reference

Mickelson's victory was hard earned, never ordained.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starr Gazing: Masterful] Reference

"It seemed as if Heaven had ordained that Psalm to be read on that morning.".    From Wordnik.com.  [God and the Founders] Reference

Jackie Mason (who was a cantor for 25 years and then ordained a rabbi) is funnier than I am.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Spiritual State: The Naked Graduate] Reference

As an assistant bishop of Newark in 1990, Righter ordained Stopfel at the request of his own superior, Bishop Spong.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Bishop In The Dock] Reference

An ordained Baptist minister, Robb shed his hooded robe for business suits and doesn't shy away from the press or public.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coming Soon: Klub Kkk] Reference