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

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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

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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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