Self-ordained
verb (used with object)
1.
to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; confer holy orders upon.
2.
to enact or establish by law, edict, etc.:
to ordain a new type of government.
3.
to decree; give orders for:
He ordained that the restrictions were to be lifted.
4.
(of God, fate, etc.) to destine or predestine:
Fate had ordained the meeting.
verb (used without object)
5.
to order or command:
Thus do the gods ordain.
6.
to select for or appoint to an office.
7.
to invest someone with sacerdotal functions.
verb (transitive)
1.
to consecrate (someone) as a priest; confer holy orders upon
2.
(may take a clause as object) to decree, appoint, or predestine irrevocably
3.
(may take a clause as object) to order, establish, or enact with authority
4.
(obsolete) to select for an office
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