Definitions of ordination [ˌɔr dnˈeɪ ʃən]

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Definition of 'ordination'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) ordination
the act or ceremony of ordaining as a priest, minister, etc.

2.  ordination
the fact or state of being ordained.

3.  ordination
a decreeing.

4.  ordination
the act of arranging.

5.  ordination
the resulting state; disposition; arrangement.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME ordinacioun < LL ōrdinātiō ordainment, L: a putting in order, appointment =ōrdinā(re) to order, arrange (der. of ōrdō, s. ōrdin-, order) +-tiō -tion)

Definition of 'ordination'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) ordination
the status of being ordained to a sacred office

2. (noun) ordering, order, ordination
logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
"we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"

3. (noun) ordination, ordinance
the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders
"the rabbi's family was present for his ordination"

Translation of 'ordination'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the act of making (a person) a priest, minister etc, or the ceremony at which this is done.
Afrikaans: bevestiging, inseëning, o	Arabic: رَسامَه الكاهِن، سِيامَة	Bulgarian: ръкополагане
Brazilian: ordenação	Czech: vysvěcení	German: das Erz
Danish: præstevielse; ordination	Greek: χειροτονία	Spanish: ordenación
Estonian: ordinatsioon	Farsi: انتصاب؛ مراسم انتصاب	Finnish: pappisvihkimys
French: ordination	Hebrew: הַסמָכָה	Hindi: पुरोहिताभिषेक
Croatian: zaređenje	Hungarian: felszentelés	Indonesian: penahbisan
Icelandic: vígsla	Italian: ordinazione	Japanese: 叙階 (式)
Korean: 성직 서임(敍任)식	Lithuanian: įšventinimas	Latvian: ordinācija, iesvētīšana p
Malay: pentahbisan	Dutch: wijding	Norwegian: ordinasjon, prestevielse
Polish: wyświęcenie	Persian: انتصاب؛ مراسم انتصاب	Pashto: نصب كول، انتصاب
Portuguese: ordenação	Romanian: hirotonisire; numire,înv	Russian: посвящение в духовный сан
Slovak: vysvätenie	Slovenian: (duhovniško, mašniško) po	Serbian: rukopolaganje za svešteni
Swedish: prästvigning, ordination	Thai: การบวช	Turkish: atama/kutsama töreni
Taiwanese: 委任，任命	Ukrainian: висвячування	Urdu: تفويض عہدہ
Vietnamese: lễ thụ chức	Chinese: 委任，任命
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