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Definition of Ordination

1. Noun. The status of being ordained to a sacred office.

2. Noun. Logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements. "We shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"

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

Definition of Ordination

1. n. The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc.

Definition of Ordination

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Medical Definition of Ordination

1. 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. The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders. 3. Disposition; arrangement; order. Angle of ordination, the angle between the axes of coordinates. Origin: L. Ordinatio: cf. F. Ordination. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ordination

ordinarinesses ordinars ordinary ordinary ordinary annuity ordinary bicycle ordinary care ordinary high water mark ordinary life insurance ordinary shares

ordinate ordinate ordinated ordinates ordination (current term) ordination (current term) ordinations ordinee ordinees ordines

ordnance ordnances ordnance stores Ordnance Survey ordo ordonnance ordonnances ordos ordovian ordovician

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