Found 3 items, similar to ordination.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: ordination benuman
English → English (WordNet) Definition: ordination ordination n 1: the status of being ordained to a sacred office 2: logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; “we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation” [syn: ordering, order] 3: the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders; “the rabbi's family was present for his ordination” [syn: ordinance]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Ordination Ordination \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. [1913 Webster] The holy and wise ordination of God. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] Virtue and vice have a natural ordination to the happiness and misery of life respectively. --Norris. [1913 Webster] 2. (Eccl.) The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders. [1913 Webster] 3. Disposition; arrangement; order. [R.] [1913 Webster] Angle of ordination (Geom.), the angle between the axes of co["o]rdinates. [1913 Webster]