The action or fact of ordaining; appointment; authoritative order; institution; ordinance; (in later use esp.) ordination to the priesthood.
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| 释义 | society > authority > office > appointment to office > [noun] (107) ordainmenta1325 The action or fact of ordaining; appointment; authoritative order; institution; ordinance; (in later use esp.) ordination to the priesthood. instituingc1380 establishingc1400 The action of establish, v. in its various senses. assignment1447 Appointment to office, nomination, designation; setting apart for a purpose. Obsolete. prefermentc1465 Advancement to an office or position; promotion. Formerly also: †the advancement of a son or daughter by marriage or a financial settlement (obsolete… appointing1520 The action of appoint, v.; appointment. anointment1561 The action or an act of appointing a person to an office or position, esp. a divine or sacred office. Cf. anoint, v. 3a. ordination1650 Appointment to any office or position. Obsolete. rare. appointment1658 The action of nominating to, or placing in, an office; the office so given. Esp. in by appointment, by or as by royal warrant. constitution1665 Appointment. Obsolete. makinga1715 The action of make, v.1 in various senses; production, creation, construction, preparation; institution, appointment; doing, performance (of a… Subcategories:— one who appoints (1) — right of appointment (1) — certificate of appointment (1) — reappointment (1) — appointment in place of another (2) — appointment to office already held by another (1) — appointment ignoring existing hierarchy (1) — removal to an inferior office (1) — appointment of successor (1) — call to office (1) — presenting a person for office (2) — nomination to office (23) — formal or ceremonial appointment (39) — making or being made king (2) — redistribution of ministerial posts (2) — system of appointing political supporters (1) — reinstatement (16) |
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