reverendize
/ˈrɛv(ə)rəndʌɪz/ /ˈrɛv(ə)r(ə)ndʌɪz/rare
verb
[with object] To accept (a person) into the clergy.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834), poet, critic, and philosopher. From reverend + -ize.