Synonyms for "ordination" (61 found)

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Closest matches (13)

acceptanceadjustmentadmissionadmittanceapostolic ordersappointmentassignmentbaptismcallingcanonizationchartingcodificationcommitment

Strong matches (18)

confermentconsecrationcoordinationdedicationdesignationdevotionelectionenlistmentenrollmenthallowingharmonizationholy ordersimmissioninaugurationinductioninitiationinstallation

Noun(1 words)

gradient analysis

Related words (30)

instatementinstitutionintromissioninvestituremajor ordersmethodizationminor ordersnamingnominationnormalizationordainmentorderingordersorganizationplanningpostingprefermentpresentationrationalizationreading in

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regularizationregulationroutinizationselectionsystematizationtabbingtransferral

Noun(3 words)

orderorderingordinance

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

7 entries

appointmentarrangementassignmentdesignationnamingpositionstatus

Synonyms

1 entries

ordering

derived

6 entries

co-ordinationmisordinationnonordinationordination hallordination millself-ordination

has context

1 entries

christianity

is a

2 entries

appointmentstatus

part of

1 entries

holy order

related to

8 entries

catholicceremonyconsecratedordainedordainingorthodoxpriestsacrament

Translations

32 translations across 19 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries

• رِسامة noun (ceremony)

Bulgarian

2 entries

• разпореждане noun (act of ordaining)
• ръкополагане noun (ceremony)

Czech

2 entries

• svěcení noun (ceremony)
• vysvěcení noun (act of ordaining)

French

2 entries

• ordination noun (act of ordaining)
• ordination noun (ceremony)

Greek

2 entries

• χειροτονία noun (act of ordaining)
• χειροτονία noun (ceremony)

Hungarian

1 entries

• felszentelés noun (act of ordaining)

Indonesian

2 entries

• penahbisan noun (act of ordaining)
• penahbisan noun (ceremony)

Latin

1 entries

• teleta noun (ceremony)

Māori

4 entries

• whakaminitatanga noun (act of ordaining)
• whakaminitatanga noun (ceremony)
• whakapirititanga noun (act of ordaining)
• whakapirititanga noun (ceremony)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

• ordinasjon noun (act of ordaining)
• ordinasjon noun (ceremony)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

• ordinasjon noun (act of ordaining)
• ordinasjon noun (ceremony)

Old English

1 entries

• hādung noun (ceremony)

Polish

1 entries

• święcenia noun (ceremony)

Portuguese

1 entries

• ordenação noun (ceremony)

Russian

1 entries

• рукоположе́ние noun (ceremony)

Spanish

1 entries

• ordenación noun (ceremony)

Swedish

1 entries

• ordination noun (act of ordaining)

Tagalog

1 entries

• ordenasyon noun (ceremony)

Ukrainian

1 entries

• висвя́чення noun (ceremony)

Sample sentences

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