To nominate; to appoint.
To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.
To begin or initiate (something); to found.
An organization founded to promote a cause
The person to whom an estate is first given by destination or limitation.
An institution of learning; a college, especially for technical subjects
The building housing such an institution
To decree.
To prearrange unalterably.
To predestine.
To admit into the ministry, for example as a priest, bishop, minister or Buddhist monk, or to authorize as a rabbi.