ordination Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the status of being ordained to a sacred office
  2. noun logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
    ordering; order.
    • we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation
  3. noun the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders
    ordinance.
    • the rabbi's family was present for his ordination

WordNet

Or`di*na"tion noun
Etymology
L. ordinatio: cf. F. ordination.
Definitions
  1. The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc.
    The holy and wise ordination of God. Jer. Taylor.
    Virtue and vice have a natural ordination to the happiness and misery of life respectively. Norris.
  2. (Eccl.) The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders.
  3. Disposition; arrangement; order. R.

Webster 1913