Ordination

Word ORDINATION
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Definitions and meanings of "Ordination"

What do we mean by ordination?

The act of ordaining or the state of being ordained. noun

The ceremony of consecration to the ministry. noun

An arrangement or ordering. noun

Disposition as in ranks or rows; formal arrangement; array. noun

The act of admitting to holy orders, or to the Christian ministry; the rite of conferring holy orders or investing with ministerial or sacerdotal power and authority. noun

Arrangement of parts so as to form a consistent whole; organization; prearrangement; constitution. noun

Assignment of proper place in an order or series; hence, suitable relation; due proportion. noun

Appointment; enactment; decree; ordinance. noun

The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc. noun

The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders. noun

Disposition; arrangement; order. noun

The angle between the axes of coördinates. noun

The act of ordaining or the state of being ordained. noun

The ceremony in which a priest is consecrated. noun

The status of being ordained to a sacred office noun

Logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements noun

The act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders noun

The act of ordaining or the state of being ordained.

The ceremony in which a priest is consecrated, considered a sacrament in the Catholic and Orthodox churches.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Ordination

The word "ordination" in example sentences

But, in a real sense, women's ordination is indeed a justice issue: to support it is an injustice and an offense to truth, the Gospel, the Magisterium, the Church, the priesthood, and the great high priest, Jesus Christ. ❋ Unknown (2009)

W-FIVE also found that Paton never received formal ordination from a mainstream Christian organization. ❋ Unknown (2009)

From the seventies, some Tibetans have taken bhikshuni ordination from the Chinese tradition. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Much of this co-ordination is achieved through the consortium and consultative groups set up by the World Bank. ❋ Unknown (1967)

Even the question of what 'further co-ordination is required is left to be considered in accordance with the existing situation. ❋ Unknown (1925)

His conversion and ordination is told in the Psalms of the Elders. 140 And, later on, his mother heard her son preach the Dhamma, and she, too, left the world and afterwards attained Arahantship, with thorough grasp of the Dhamma in form and meaning. ❋ Caroline Augusta Foley Rhys (1909)

Christians; and the bishops and clergy of those sequestered regions derived their ordination from the Catholic of Babylon. ❋ Unknown (1206)

He wittily disposes of the argument against women's ordination, which is premised on the fact that the Twelve Apostles were all men: "No Celts were among Jesus's Apostles, but the Irish can be ordained." ❋ Unknown (2009)

The relevant section specifies that “relinquishment of the exercise of ordained ministry removes from the [cleric] the right to exercise … spiritual authority as a minister of Word and Sacraments conferred in ordination.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

As already alluded yesterday, the Toronto Oratory celebrated St. Philip's Day in a particularly special way, namely the ordination of Br. Michael Eades to the priesthood. ❋ Unknown (2009)

On Wednesday, the Vatican called the ordination a grave violation of the freedom of religion after the state-approved Catholic Church ordained the bishop without the prior approval of Pope Benedict XVI. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman called the ordination "illicit and damaging to the constructive relations that have been developing in recent times between the People's Republic of China and the Holy See," according to the Vatican Information Service. ❋ Keith B. Richburg (2010)

"What is required is co-ordination, which is quiet important, working together in partnership," said Shiceka. ❋ Unknown (2008)

As I made clear in the article, Cardinal Avery Dulles told me he thought so, and others did so, too; Archbishop Levada, in conversation in Rome, spoke of Anglican orders — namely the ordination of openly homosexual men as the dividing issue in Anglican-Catholic dialogue. ❋ Unknown (2006)

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