ordination

or·di·na·tion  (ôrdn-shn)

n.

1. The act of ordaining or the state of being ordained.

2. Ecclesiastical The ceremony of consecration to the ministry.

3. An arrangement or ordering.

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ordination [ˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən]

n

1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms)

a.  the act of conferring holy orders

b.  the reception of holy orders

2. the condition of being ordained or regulated

3. an arrangement or order

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ordination - the status of being ordained to a sacred office status, position - the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"
	2.	ordination - logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation" ordering, order bacteria order - an order of bacteria word order - the order of words in a text arrangement - an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging; "a flower arrangement" genetic code - the ordering of nucleotides in DNA molecules that carries the genetic information in living cells genome - the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism; "the human genome contains approximately three billion chemical base pairs" series - similar things placed in order or happening one after another; "they were investigating a series of bank robberies"
	3.	ordination - the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders; "the rabbi's family was present for his ordination" ordinance appointment, designation, naming, assignment - the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee" laying on of hands - laying hands on a person's head to invoke spiritual blessing in Christian ordination holy order - the sacrament of ordination

Translations

ordination [ˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən] N (Rel) → ordenación f

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ordination [ˌɔː^rdɪˈneɪʃ^ən] n → ordination f

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ordination

n → Ordination f

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ordination [ˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃ/ən] n (Rel) → ordinazione f

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ordination [ˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃ/ən] n (Rel) → ordinazione f

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ordination

n ordination [oːdiˈneiʃən]

the act of making (a person) a priest, minister etc, or the ceremony at which this is done. bevestiging, inseëning, ordening رَسامَه الكاهِن، سِيامَة الكاهِن ръкополагане vysvěcení præstevielse; ordination das Erz χειροτονία ordenación ordinatsioon انتصاب؛ مراسم انتصاب pappisvihkimys ordination הַסמָכָה पुरोहिताभिषेक zaređenje felszentelés penahbisan vígsla ordinazione 叙階 (式) 성직 서임(敍任)식 įšventinimas ordinācija, iesvētīšana par garīdznieku pentahbisan wijding ordinasjon, prestevielse wyświęcenie ordenação hirotonisire; numire, în­ves­tire посвящение в духовный сан vysvätenie (duhovniško, mašniško) posvečenje rukopolaganje za sveštenika prästvigning, ordination การบวช atama/kutsama töreni 委任，任命 висвячування تفويض عہدہ lễ thụ chức 委任，任命