ordination

Plural: ordinations

Noun

• the status of being ordained to a sacred office
• logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
• the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders
  • "the rabbi's family was present for his ordination"
• The act of ordaining or the state of being ordained.
• The ceremony in which a priest is consecrated, considered a sacrament in the Catholic and Orthodox churches.
• the ceremony in which a bhikkhu or bhikkhuni is ordained into the sangha

Synonyms

order, ordering, ordinance

Related Words

coordinate, coordination, foreordination, insubordination, ordain, order, ordinal, ordinance, ordinary, ordinate, ordnance, ordo, postordination, preordination, reordination, subordinate, subordination, superordination