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ORDINATION
ordination, ordinance
(noun) the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders; “the rabbi’s family was present for his ordination”
ordering, order, ordination
(noun) logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; “we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation”
ordination
(noun) the status of being ordained to a sacred office
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ordination (countable and uncountable, plural ordinations)
The act of ordaining or the state of being ordained.
(Christianity) The ceremony in which a priest is consecrated, considered a sacrament in the Catholic and Orthodox churches.
Source: Wiktionary
Or`di*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. ordinatio: cf. F. ordination.]
1. The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc. The holy and wise ordination of God. Jer. Taylor. Virtue and vice have a natural ordination to the happiness and misery of life respectively. Norris.
2. (Eccl.)
Definition: The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders.
3. Disposition; arrangement; order. [R.] Angle of ordination (Geom.), the angle between the axes of coördinates.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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