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or·di·na·tion 
[awr-dn-ey-shuhn] Pronunciation Key
[awr-dn-ey-shuhn] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | Ecclesiastical. the act or ceremony of ordaining. |
| 2. | the fact or state of being ordained. |
| 3. | a decreeing. |
| 4. | the act of arranging. |
| 5. | the resulting state; disposition; arrangement. |
[Origin: 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]
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(ôr'dn-ā'shən) Pronunciation Key
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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ordination
ordination
1432, "the act of conferring holy orders," from M.Fr. ordinacion (12c.), from L. ordinationem (nom. ordinatio) "a setting in order, ordinance," from ordinatus, pp. of ordinare "arrange" (see ordain).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| ordination | |
noun | |
| 1. | the status of being ordained to a sacred office |
| 2. | logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation" [syn: ordering] |
| 3. | the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders; "the rabbi's family was present for his ordination" |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Ordination
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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