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Definitions for: Ordination
[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
Webster (1913) 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.
Synonyms: order, ordering, ordinance
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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