Ordination
Or`di`na´tion
| n. | 1. | The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc. | |||
| 2. | (Eccl.) The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders. | ||||
| 3. | Disposition; arrangement; order.
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| Noun | 1. |  ordination - the status of being ordained to a sacred office |
| 2. | ordination - logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation" | |
| 3. | ordination - the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders; "the rabbi's family was present for his ordination" Synonyms: ordinance |
ORDINATION, civil and eccl. law. The act of conferring the orders of the church upon an individual. Nov. 137.
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