Definition of ordination

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Ordination (n.) The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders.

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Ordainment :: Ordainment (n.) Ordination.
Clergy :: Clergy (n.) The body of men set apart, by due ordination, to the service of God, in the Christian church, in distinction from the laity; in England, usually restricted to the ministers of the Established Church..
Subordinary :: Subordinancy (a.) Subordinacy; subordination.
Incoordination :: Incoordination (n.) Want of coordination; lack of harmonious adjustment or action.
Reordination :: Reordination (n.) A second ordination.
Priest :: Priest (n.) A presbyter; one who belongs to the intermediate order between bishop and deacon. He is authorized to perform all ministerial services except those of ordination and confirmation.
Misordination :: Misordination (n.) Wrong ordination.
Dependency :: Dependency (n.) State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust.
Unity :: Unity (n.) In dramatic composition, one of the principles by which a uniform tenor of story and propriety of representation are preserved; conformity in a composition to these; in oratory, discourse, etc., the due subordination and reference of every part to the development of the leading idea or the eastablishment of the main proposition..
Inordination :: Inordination (n.) Deviation from custom, rule, or right; irregularity; inordinacy..
Systematical :: Systematical (a.) Of or pertaining to system; consisting in system; methodical; formed with regular connection and adaptation or subordination of parts to each other, and to the design of the whole; as, a systematic arrangement of plants or animals; a systematic course of study..
Teacher :: Teacher (n.) One who instructs others in religion; a preacher; a minister of the gospel; sometimes, one who preaches without regular ordination..
Office :: Office (n.) Any service other than that of ordination and the Mass; any prescribed religious service.
Ordination :: Ordination (n.) The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc..
Ordination :: Ordination (n.) The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders.
Suborned :: Subordinative (a.) Tending to subordinate; expressing subordination; used to introduce a subordinate sentence; as, a subordinative conjunction..
Reordain :: Reordain (v. t.) To ordain again, as when the first ordination is considered defective..
Subordination :: Subordination (n.) The act of subordinating, placing in a lower order, or subjecting..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor..
Coordination :: Coordination (n.) The state of being coordinate, or of equal rank, dignity, power, etc..
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