Ordination
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃn̩/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ordination is a noun meaning The act of ordaining or the state of being ordained.
Meaning
The act of ordaining or the state of being ordained.
More Meanings
- (Christianity) The ceremony in which a priest is consecrated, considered a sacrament in the Catholic and Orthodox churches.
- (Buddhism) the ceremony in which a bhikkhu or bhikkhuni is ordained into the sangha
- (statistics, ecology) 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.
Example Sentences
Coordinate term: cluster analysis
Word Forms
- ordinations
Synonyms for ordination
Depending on context, synonyms include ordaining.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ordaining, co-ordination, coordinating, coordination, management, prescription.
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