ORDINATIONS

Noun

ordinations

plural of ordination

Anagrams

• indorsation

Source: Wiktionary


ORDINATION

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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