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单词 ordination
释义

ordination

noun

or·​di·​na·​tion ˌȯr-də-ˈnā-shən How to pronounce ordination (audio)
: the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained

Example Sentences

He is a candidate for ordination. After his ordination, he will be assigned to a local parish.
Recent Examples on the Web Even Baeck ultimately signed the German translation of her ordination letter. New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022 Murray entered seminary before the Episcopal Church began ordaining women and organized with others to push for women’s ordination. Sarah Azaransky, The Conversation, 28 June 2022 During the two-hour-long ordination service, Taylor questioned the priests who had aided in the two candidates' formation about their worthiness for the assignment. Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 4 June 2022 Bloggers at Anglicanink and Virtue Online questioned whether the Advent should have hosted the ordination service. al, 11 Dec. 2021 This litigation complains of wider defiance of church law, citing the 2016 election of an openly lesbian bishop in the church’s western jurisdiction and a drag queen candidate for ordination in Illinois. Mark Tooley, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022 Since his ordination in 1998, Arkansas bishops have given Pohlmeier a variety of assignments. Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 30 May 2022 Shortly after his priestly ordination, Father Morgan arrived in Utah in September 1920, joined the Knights of Columbus and started work at the Cathedral of the Madeleine, his first ministry assignment in the United States. The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Mar. 2022 So presumably those duties didn’t require ordination to the all-male priesthood; the previous prohibition may have been more of a tradition than a tenet. David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 July 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

ordination

noun

as in anointing

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • anointing
  • induction
  • investiture
  • installation
  • anointment
  • authorization
  • election
  • deputation
  • placement
  • investment
  • nomination
  • delegation
  • ranking
  • instating
  • installment
  • office
  • selection
  • choosing
  • emplacement
  • destination
  • choice
  • position
  • instalment
  • appointment
  • picking
  • job
  • commission
  • designation
  • situation
  • station
  • assignment
  • gig
  • billet
  • place
  • spot
  • singling (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • dismissal
  • expulsion
  • discharge
  • firing
  • dismission
  • rejection
  • removal
  • deposition
  • ouster
  • overthrow
  • ejection
  • eviction
  • dethronement
  • blackball
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