ordinationn.

Brit.

/ˌɔːdᵻˈneɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌɔrdnˈeɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: late Middle English ordinacioun, late Middle English ordynacion, late Middle English ordynacyone, late Middle English–1500s ordinacion, 1500s ordinatioun, 1500s– ordination; Scottish pre-1700 ordinacion, pre-1700 ordinacione, pre-1700 ordinacioun, pre-1700 ordinacioune, pre-1700 ordinassion, pre-1700 ordinatione, pre-1700 ordinatioun, pre-1700 ordinatioune, pre-1700 1700s– ordination.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French ordinatiun, ordination; Latin ōrdinātiōn-, ōrdinātiō.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman ordinatiun ordering (c1270 or earlier), Middle French, French ordination action of conferring holy orders (c1200 in Old French), action of putting in order (1671), and its etymon classical Latin ōrdinātiōn-, ōrdinātiō the action of ordering, arranging, arrangement, the action of ordaining or prescribing, appointment to any office or position, in post-classical Latin also action of conferring holy orders (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), ordinance, decree (mid 5th cent.) < ōrdināt- , past participial stem of ōrdināre ordain v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Italian ordinazione (a1342 in sense 3a), Spanish ordenación , †ordinación (1490 in sense 3a).In sense 1c after German Ordnung.

The action of ordaining.

†a. Arrangement in orders or classes; classification. Cf. order n. 11. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > [noun] > quality of being systematic > systematic arrangement

ordination?a1425

structure1587

syntax1605

system1699

organism1701

classification1767

organization1790

systematization1838

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 2 For þe goode ordinacioun [?c1425 Paris ordynaunce; L. ordinationem] of þe bokes of G., þe bokes of Ipocras & of many oþer were leften of.

c1484 (a1475) J. de Caritate tr. Secreta Secret. (Takamiya) (1977) 195 (MED) Þe ordynacion of hem is fourfold..And so be þe dyuysiounis of þe world iiij, þat is to sey þe est, þe west, þe north, and þe sowth.

1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. i. ii. 20 I would not have any man thinke I deliver the Forms above for a true and exact Ordination of Names.

1885 P. MacOwan Rep. Cape Town Bot. Garden 11 The ordination of the Orchideæ.

b. The action of ordering, arranging, or placing in ranks or order; the condition of being ordered or arranged; an arrangement. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > [noun]

ordinancec1390

compositionc1400

order?a1425

rayc1440

ordination1531

dispose1603

divisiona1616

compositure1625

composure1628

method1640

tactics1650

allocation1656

rangement1674

schematism1701

arrangement1715

orderedness1724

groupment1837

the world > relative properties > order > [noun] > putting in order > giving orderly structure to something

organizing1599

formalizationa1641

ordination1703

organization1801

regimentation1870

structuring1890

structurization1925

1531 J. Vaus Rudimenta (new ed.) ii. sig. ccviij Quhat is ane orison; ane richt ordinatione of dictionis to signify ony thing.

1616 T. Granger Syntagma Grammaticum Ep. Ded. sig. B2 Fourthly, by ordination, or methodicall disposition of things of the same kind declared.

1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 143 Quincuncial forms and ordinations, are also observable in animal figurations.

1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 85 He meaneth by Ordination, nothing but a well setling of the Model or Scheme of the whole Work.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VII l. 90 The first Detachment of three columns took its station,..the second's ordination Was also in three columns.

1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters i. 18 We must bear in mind the different ordination of ceremony..in that early and rude stage of society.

1973 Sci. Amer. Apr. 103/2 Peano's ordinal theory reduces the general problem to the more restricted notion of quantifying transitive, asymmetrical relations, or ordination. The commonest example of ordination is the counting of things.

c. Statistics and 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.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > probability or statistics > [noun] > groups or arrangements of data > division or arrangement into

stratification1920

rotation1935

ordination1954

1954 D. W. Goodall in Austral. Jrnl. Bot. 2 323 Factor analysis does not result in a classification of vegetation in the ordinary sense, but in an arrangement of the vegetational data in a multi-dimensional series. For such an arrangement, there appears to be no word in English which one can use as an antonym to classification; I would like to propose the term ‘ordination’.

1969 E. C. Pielou Introd. Math. Ecol. xx. 250 Ordination has two great advantages over classification: it obviates the need for setting up arbitrary criteria for defining the classes and there is no need to assume that distinct classes (if there are any) are hierarchically related.

1971 R. E. Blackith & R. A. Reyment Multivariate Morphometrics xvi. 229 Proctor..found that ordinations of some British liverworts gave readily interpretable polarities.

1998 Jrnl. Biogeogr. 25 1118/2 A conventional way to describe the spatial structure of ecological communities is by ordination. A number of ordination techniques have been proposed by theoreticians.

a. Chiefly of God, a god, fate, etc.: the action or fact of ordaining or decreeing. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > predestination

foresettinga1300

destiningc1300

ordainingc1350

ordinationc1450

pre-ordinance1486

destinacy1490

predestination?1503

pre-ordination1527

foreordinance1530

predefinition?1548

fore-appointing1589

destination1598

ordainment1605

foreordination1620

predeterminationa1628

fatalitya1631

destinating1633

predesignationa1641

foreordaining1667

preordainmenta1847

pre-appointment1850

pre-election1860

foreordainment1879

providentialism1927

society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > ordinance, prescription, or appointment

besight1258

ordainmenta1325

constitution1393

assignationa1400

signmentc1425

appointmentc1440

steveningc1440

pointingc1449

ordinationc1450

instituting1534

prescription1542

prescribement1563

assignment1597

nomination1597

designation1609

consignation1650

reassignment1650

reassignation1655

consignmenta1668

appunctuation1768

destination1868

allocation1876

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > activities of God > [noun] > decree > ordination of

ordinationc1450

c1450 (a1400) Orologium Sapientiæ in Anglia (1888) 10 369 (MED) Take hede to goddes ordynacyone.

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 14 (MED) The sexte cause [of long life] is of Goddis ordinacioun.

1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. ii. f. 8^v To quhome he was..subieckit be the ordinatioun of God.

1659 J. Pearson Expos. Apostles Creed ii. 314 From hence those which are subject, learn to obey the powers which are of humane ordination.

1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. II. xx. 427 The quality of transparency is given, by a wise ordination of Providence, to the fluid substance of water.

1849 R. I. Wilberforce Doctr. Holy Baptism (1850) 149 That such a decree would go forth..had been known beforehand to the Supreme Intelligence and had been part of His ordination.

1966 A. Powell Soldier's Art i. 25 Without ordination by way of the War Intelligence Course, or some similar apostleship, there was little or no likelihood of capturing an appointment..on any..staff.

1988 A. Lively Blue Fruit 78 The notes slid down into place as though under the force of God or Fate's ordination.

†b. The action or fact of being destined (to an end or purpose); designated or ordained function; purpose, design, or disposition. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose > end, purpose, or object > purpose for which something intended

end1534

termination1576

ordination1607

intention1652

destinationa1656

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 81 This beast [sc. the ox]..is called a Plower,..slow, and ill fauored, with many other such notes of their nature, ordination, and condition.

1678 J. Norris Coll. Misc. (1699) 184 Whatsoever has such a Natural Ordination to, or Connexion with, the well or ill Being of mankind.

1829 J. L. Knapp Jrnl. Naturalist 332 The same propensity, or ordination, for removing decayed matters.

a. The action of ordaining, or conferring holy orders; appointment or admission to the ministry of the Christian Church (or, in extended use, to the priesthood of another religion); an instance of this. Now the usual sense.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > ordination > [noun]

hadingc1000

sacring1297

orderc1300

orderingc1350

consecrationa1387

ordination?a1475

ordaining1560

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 141 (MED) If the archebischop of Yorke dee, his successor shalle comme to Caunterbury to receyve his ordinacion [L. ordinationem].

a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1965) II. 71 This sacracment of ordinacioun of prestheid and bischopis.

1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 42 The sewin diacones..wes presentit afore the apostlis and tuke thair ordinatioun..of thaim.

1641 J. Milton Animadversions 50 As for Ordination, what is it, but the laying on of hands, an outward signe or symbol of admission? it creates nothing, it conferres nothing.

1658 J. Bramhall Consecration Protestant Bishops Justified viii. 154 Paul 4. and Cardinall Poole..confirmed all Ordinations in Edward the sixths time indifferently.

1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 87 in Justice Vindicated Bishops have power of ordination of presbyters in every city, Tit. i. 5; 1 Tim. 5. 22.

a1708 R. Kidder Life R. Kidder (1924) xii. 64 When the Ordination Sunday was come I was so weak that I was caryed on a couch into my chappel.

1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. iii. 23 That, where the benefice was to be conferred on a mere layman, he was first presented to the bishop, in order to receive ordination.

1823 R. Heber Let. 12 Nov. in A. Heber Life R. Heber (1830) II. xxii. 155 I have endeavoured to rest his obedience on his ordination oath, and to urge that obedience on him..as a point of conscience.

1842 G. S. Faber Provinc. Lett. (1844) I. 241 Many of our best..divines hold presbyteral ordination to be valid in cases of necessity.

a1879 A. R. Ashwell Life S. Wilberforce (1880) I. viii. 334 The reforms in regard to Ordination work, for which the Church is indebted to him.

1960 Universe 14 Apr. 24/2 Malayalam, a vernacular language of Southern India, was used for the first time as the liturgical language in an ordination in the Syro-Malabar rite at Ernakulam.

1988 A. Bennett Talking Heads 32 We were discussing the ordination of women. The bishop asked me what I thought.

2000 Times 17 Nov. 6/2 Thirteen openly gay clergy have been elected this month and are..campaigning for the ordination of practising homosexuals.

†b. Appointment to any office or position. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun]

ordainmenta1325

instituingc1380

establishingc1400

assignment1447

prefermentc1465

appointing1520

anointment1561

ordination1650

appointment1658

constitution1665

makinga1715

1650 T. Hobbes De Corpore Politico 152 An Election or Ordination, howsoever made.

†4. A thing which is ordained; an ordinance, decree, statute, law; a prescribed observance. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > [noun] > edict, decree, ordinance, or institute

doomc825

i-setnessec900

setnessc950

edict1297

statutec1300

purveyancea1325

assize1330

ordinancec1330

decreetc1374

constitutionc1380

decree?a1400

sizea1400

stablementc1400

edictionc1470

stablishment1473

ordinationc1499

estatutea1514

placarda1530

prescript1532

golden bull1537

rescript1545

institute1546

institution1551

constitutec1561

sanction1570

decretal1588

ordain1596

decretum1602

invention1639

scite1656

dispositive1677

bull1696

ordonnance1702

subnotation1839

senatus consultum1875

fatwa1989

society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > ordinance, prescription, or appointment > an ordinance or authoritative utterance

setnessc950

sandc1000

edict1297

statutec1300

proclamationa1325

justifyinga1382

rescritec1384

decree?a1400

thewsc1400

justification?a1475

ordinationc1499

dictamena1513

golden bull1537

dictate1604

process1604

dictament1615

dictation1651

fiata1750

diktat1941

c1499 in H. E. Salter Munimenta Civitatis Oxonie (1920) 109 John Brade..Richard Fell..brought with them, redacte in writinge, certayne ordinacions and statuts made by the advise of sadge men for the will of the crafte of barbours.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke i. f. lxxj^v Booth..walked in all the lawes and ordinacions of the lorde.

1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. P3 A constant tenacitie, and an habited custome to observe ordinations with all exquisitenesse.

1656 T. Hobbes Questions Liberty, Necessity & Chance 120 If he intended..that unjust Lawes are not genuine Lawes,..because they are not the ordinations of right Reason.

1894 Dict. National Biogr. at Moore, John A loose sheet of ordinations pasted in the minute-book of the Exeter Assembly.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ordination
释义	ordinationn. Brit. /ˌɔːdᵻˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌɔrdnˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: late Middle English ordinacioun, late Middle English ordynacion, late Middle English ordynacyone, late Middle English–1500s ordinacion, 1500s ordinatioun, 1500s– ordination; Scottish pre-1700 ordinacion, pre-1700 ordinacione, pre-1700 ordinacioun, pre-1700 ordinacioune, pre-1700 ordinassion, pre-1700 ordinatione, pre-1700 ordinatioun, pre-1700 ordinatioune, pre-1700 1700s– ordination. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French ordinatiun, ordination; Latin ōrdinātiōn-, ōrdinātiō. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman ordinatiun ordering (c1270 or earlier), Middle French, French ordination action of conferring holy orders (c1200 in Old French), action of putting in order (1671), and its etymon classical Latin ōrdinātiōn-, ōrdinātiō the action of ordering, arranging, arrangement, the action of ordaining or prescribing, appointment to any office or position, in post-classical Latin also action of conferring holy orders (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian), ordinance, decree (mid 5th cent.) < ōrdināt- , past participial stem of ōrdināre ordain v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Italian ordinazione (a1342 in sense 3a), Spanish ordenación , †ordinación (1490 in sense 3a).In sense 1c after German Ordnung. The action of ordaining. 1. †a. Arrangement in orders or classes; classification. Cf. order n. 11. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > [noun] > quality of being systematic > systematic arrangement ordination?a1425 structure1587 syntax1605 system1699 organism1701 classification1767 organization1790 systematization1838 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 2 For þe goode ordinacioun [?c1425 Paris ordynaunce; L. ordinationem] of þe bokes of G., þe bokes of Ipocras & of many oþer were leften of. c1484 (a1475) J. de Caritate tr. Secreta Secret. (Takamiya) (1977) 195 (MED) Þe ordynacion of hem is fourfold..And so be þe dyuysiounis of þe world iiij, þat is to sey þe est, þe west, þe north, and þe sowth. 1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. i. ii. 20 I would not have any man thinke I deliver the Forms above for a true and exact Ordination of Names. 1885 P. MacOwan Rep. Cape Town Bot. Garden 11 The ordination of the Orchideæ. b. The action of ordering, arranging, or placing in ranks or order; the condition of being ordered or arranged; an arrangement. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > [noun] ordinancec1390 compositionc1400 order?a1425 rayc1440 ordination1531 dispose1603 divisiona1616 compositure1625 composure1628 method1640 tactics1650 allocation1656 rangement1674 schematism1701 arrangement1715 orderedness1724 groupment1837 the world > relative properties > order > [noun] > putting in order > giving orderly structure to something organizing1599 formalizationa1641 ordination1703 organization1801 regimentation1870 structuring1890 structurization1925 1531 J. Vaus Rudimenta (new ed.) ii. sig. ccviij Quhat is ane orison; ane richt ordinatione of dictionis to signify ony thing. 1616 T. Granger Syntagma Grammaticum Ep. Ded. sig. B2 Fourthly, by ordination, or methodicall disposition of things of the same kind declared. 1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iii, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 143 Quincuncial forms and ordinations, are also observable in animal figurations. 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 85 He meaneth by Ordination, nothing but a well setling of the Model or Scheme of the whole Work. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VII l. 90 The first Detachment of three columns took its station,..the second's ordination Was also in three columns. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters i. 18 We must bear in mind the different ordination of ceremony..in that early and rude stage of society. 1973 Sci. Amer. Apr. 103/2 Peano's ordinal theory reduces the general problem to the more restricted notion of quantifying transitive, asymmetrical relations, or ordination. The commonest example of ordination is the counting of things. c. Statistics and 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. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > probability or statistics > [noun] > groups or arrangements of data > division or arrangement into stratification1920 rotation1935 ordination1954 1954 D. W. Goodall in Austral. Jrnl. Bot. 2 323 Factor analysis does not result in a classification of vegetation in the ordinary sense, but in an arrangement of the vegetational data in a multi-dimensional series. For such an arrangement, there appears to be no word in English which one can use as an antonym to classification; I would like to propose the term ‘ordination’. 1969 E. C. Pielou Introd. Math. Ecol. xx. 250 Ordination has two great advantages over classification: it obviates the need for setting up arbitrary criteria for defining the classes and there is no need to assume that distinct classes (if there are any) are hierarchically related. 1971 R. E. Blackith & R. A. Reyment Multivariate Morphometrics xvi. 229 Proctor..found that ordinations of some British liverworts gave readily interpretable polarities. 1998 Jrnl. Biogeogr. 25 1118/2 A conventional way to describe the spatial structure of ecological communities is by ordination. A number of ordination techniques have been proposed by theoreticians. 2. a. Chiefly of God, a god, fate, etc.: the action or fact of ordaining or decreeing. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > predestination foresettinga1300 destiningc1300 ordainingc1350 ordinationc1450 pre-ordinance1486 destinacy1490 predestination?1503 pre-ordination1527 foreordinance1530 predefinition?1548 fore-appointing1589 destination1598 ordainment1605 foreordination1620 predeterminationa1628 fatalitya1631 destinating1633 predesignationa1641 foreordaining1667 preordainmenta1847 pre-appointment1850 pre-election1860 foreordainment1879 providentialism1927 society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > ordinance, prescription, or appointment besight1258 ordainmenta1325 constitution1393 assignationa1400 signmentc1425 appointmentc1440 steveningc1440 pointingc1449 ordinationc1450 instituting1534 prescription1542 prescribement1563 assignment1597 nomination1597 designation1609 consignation1650 reassignment1650 reassignation1655 consignmenta1668 appunctuation1768 destination1868 allocation1876 the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > activities of God > [noun] > decree > ordination of ordinationc1450 c1450 (a1400) Orologium Sapientiæ in Anglia (1888) 10 369 (MED) Take hede to goddes ordynacyone. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 14 (MED) The sexte cause [of long life] is of Goddis ordinacioun. 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. ii. f. 8^v To quhome he was..subieckit be the ordinatioun of God. 1659 J. Pearson Expos. Apostles Creed ii. 314 From hence those which are subject, learn to obey the powers which are of humane ordination. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. II. xx. 427 The quality of transparency is given, by a wise ordination of Providence, to the fluid substance of water. 1849 R. I. Wilberforce Doctr. Holy Baptism (1850) 149 That such a decree would go forth..had been known beforehand to the Supreme Intelligence and had been part of His ordination. 1966 A. Powell Soldier's Art i. 25 Without ordination by way of the War Intelligence Course, or some similar apostleship, there was little or no likelihood of capturing an appointment..on any..staff. 1988 A. Lively Blue Fruit 78 The notes slid down into place as though under the force of God or Fate's ordination. †b. The action or fact of being destined (to an end or purpose); designated or ordained function; purpose, design, or disposition. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [noun] > intention or purpose > end, purpose, or object > purpose for which something intended end1534 termination1576 ordination1607 intention1652 destinationa1656 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 81 This beast [sc. the ox]..is called a Plower,..slow, and ill fauored, with many other such notes of their nature, ordination, and condition. 1678 J. Norris Coll. Misc. (1699) 184 Whatsoever has such a Natural Ordination to, or Connexion with, the well or ill Being of mankind. 1829 J. L. Knapp Jrnl. Naturalist 332 The same propensity, or ordination, for removing decayed matters. 3. a. The action of ordaining, or conferring holy orders; appointment or admission to the ministry of the Christian Church (or, in extended use, to the priesthood of another religion); an instance of this. Now the usual sense. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > ordination > [noun] hadingc1000 sacring1297 orderc1300 orderingc1350 consecrationa1387 ordination?a1475 ordaining1560 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 141 (MED) If the archebischop of Yorke dee, his successor shalle comme to Caunterbury to receyve his ordinacion [L. ordinationem]. a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1965) II. 71 This sacracment of ordinacioun of prestheid and bischopis. 1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 42 The sewin diacones..wes presentit afore the apostlis and tuke thair ordinatioun..of thaim. 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 50 As for Ordination, what is it, but the laying on of hands, an outward signe or symbol of admission? it creates nothing, it conferres nothing. 1658 J. Bramhall Consecration Protestant Bishops Justified viii. 154 Paul 4. and Cardinall Poole..confirmed all Ordinations in Edward the sixths time indifferently. 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 87 in Justice Vindicated Bishops have power of ordination of presbyters in every city, Tit. i. 5; 1 Tim. 5. 22. a1708 R. Kidder Life R. Kidder (1924) xii. 64 When the Ordination Sunday was come I was so weak that I was caryed on a couch into my chappel. 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. iii. 23 That, where the benefice was to be conferred on a mere layman, he was first presented to the bishop, in order to receive ordination. 1823 R. Heber Let. 12 Nov. in A. Heber Life R. Heber (1830) II. xxii. 155 I have endeavoured to rest his obedience on his ordination oath, and to urge that obedience on him..as a point of conscience. 1842 G. S. Faber Provinc. Lett. (1844) I. 241 Many of our best..divines hold presbyteral ordination to be valid in cases of necessity. a1879 A. R. Ashwell Life S. Wilberforce (1880) I. viii. 334 The reforms in regard to Ordination work, for which the Church is indebted to him. 1960 Universe 14 Apr. 24/2 Malayalam, a vernacular language of Southern India, was used for the first time as the liturgical language in an ordination in the Syro-Malabar rite at Ernakulam. 1988 A. Bennett Talking Heads 32 We were discussing the ordination of women. The bishop asked me what I thought. 2000 Times 17 Nov. 6/2 Thirteen openly gay clergy have been elected this month and are..campaigning for the ordination of practising homosexuals. †b. Appointment to any office or position. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] ordainmenta1325 instituingc1380 establishingc1400 assignment1447 prefermentc1465 appointing1520 anointment1561 ordination1650 appointment1658 constitution1665 makinga1715 1650 T. Hobbes De Corpore Politico 152 An Election or Ordination, howsoever made. †4. A thing which is ordained; an ordinance, decree, statute, law; a prescribed observance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > [noun] > edict, decree, ordinance, or institute doomc825 i-setnessec900 setnessc950 edict1297 statutec1300 purveyancea1325 assize1330 ordinancec1330 decreetc1374 constitutionc1380 decree?a1400 sizea1400 stablementc1400 edictionc1470 stablishment1473 ordinationc1499 estatutea1514 placarda1530 prescript1532 golden bull1537 rescript1545 institute1546 institution1551 constitutec1561 sanction1570 decretal1588 ordain1596 decretum1602 invention1639 scite1656 dispositive1677 bull1696 ordonnance1702 subnotation1839 senatus consultum1875 fatwa1989 society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > ordinance, prescription, or appointment > an ordinance or authoritative utterance setnessc950 sandc1000 edict1297 statutec1300 proclamationa1325 justifyinga1382 rescritec1384 decree?a1400 thewsc1400 justification?a1475 ordinationc1499 dictamena1513 golden bull1537 dictate1604 process1604 dictament1615 dictation1651 fiata1750 diktat1941 c1499 in H. E. Salter Munimenta Civitatis Oxonie (1920) 109 John Brade..Richard Fell..brought with them, redacte in writinge, certayne ordinacions and statuts made by the advise of sadge men for the will of the crafte of barbours. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke i. f. lxxj^v Booth..walked in all the lawes and ordinacions of the lorde. 1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. P3 A constant tenacitie, and an habited custome to observe ordinations with all exquisitenesse. 1656 T. Hobbes Questions Liberty, Necessity & Chance 120 If he intended..that unjust Lawes are not genuine Lawes,..because they are not the ordinations of right Reason. 1894 Dict. National Biogr. at Moore, John A loose sheet of ordinations pasted in the minute-book of the Exeter Assembly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1425
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