Meaning of ORDINATION
| Pronunciation: | | `or'dneyshun
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- [n] the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders; "the rabbi's family was present for his ordination"
- [n] logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"
- [n] the status of being ordained to a sacred office
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| | Synonyms: | | order, ordering, ordinance |
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| | See Also: | | appointment, arrangement, assignment, bacteria order, designation, genetic code, holy orders, laying on of hands, naming, position, series, status, word order | |
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| | Definition: | | \Or`di*na"tion\, n. [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.) 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
co["o]rdinates.
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| | Related Terms: | | acceptance, adjustment, admission, admittance, apostolic orders, appointment, assignment, baptism, calling, canonization, charting, codification, commitment, conferment, consecration, coordination, dedication, designation, devotion, election, enlistment, enrollment, hallowing, harmonization, holy orders, immission, inauguration, induction, initiation, installation, instatement, institution, intromission, investiture, major orders, methodization, minor orders, naming, nomination, normalization, ordainment, orders, organization, planning, posting, preferment, presentation, rationalization, reading in, regularization, regulation, routinization, selection, systematization, tabbing, transferral |
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