ordain

verb4

1. •
   To decree.
2. •
   To admit into the ministry, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi.
3. •
   To prearrange unalterably.

   • What if the Foot, ordain'd the dust to tread, / Or Hand, to toil, aspir'd to be the Head? / What if the Head, the Eye, or Ear repin'd / To serve mere Engines to the ruling Mind? — 1733
4. •
   To predestine.