What does "ordination" mean?

The act of ordaining or the state of being ordained.

How do you pronounce "ordination"?

Pronounced //ˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃn̩//.

Common synonyms include: ordering, acceptance, adjustment, admission, admittance, apostolic orders.

/ˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃn̩/ noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

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The act of ordaining or the state of being ordained. countable, uncountable
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the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders wordnet
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The ceremony in which a priest is consecrated, considered a sacrament in the Catholic and Orthodox churches. countable, uncountable
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logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements wordnet
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the ceremony in which a bhikkhu or bhikkhuni is ordained into the sangha countable, uncountable

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the status of being ordained to a sacred office wordnet
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A statistical technique for ordering data from a large number of sites or populations by arranging the data as points in a multidimensional coordinate frame, in which patterns can be discerned; an instance of this. countable, uncountable
"Coordinate term: cluster analysis"

"Coordinate term: cluster analysis"

From Middle French ordination, from Old French ordinacion, from Latin ordinatio.