ordination

or·di·na·tion

O0111700 (ôr′dn-ā′shən)n.1. The act of ordaining or the state of being ordained.2. Ecclesiastical The ceremony of consecration to the ministry.3. An arrangement or ordering.

ordination

(ˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən) n1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a. the act of conferring holy ordersb. the reception of holy orders2. the condition of being ordained or regulated3. an arrangement or order

or•di•na•tion

(ˌɔr dnˈeɪ ʃən)

n. 1. the act or ceremony of ordaining as a priest, minister, etc. 2. the fact or state of being ordained. 3. a decreeing. 4. the act of arranging. 5. the resulting state; disposition; arrangement. [1350–1400; Middle English ordinacioun < Late Latin ōrdinātiō ordainment, Latin: a putting in order, appointment =ōrdinā(re) to order, arrange (derivative of ōrdō, s. ōrdin-, order) + -tiō -tion]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ordination - the status of being ordained to a sacred officestatus, position - the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"
	2.	ordination - logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"ordering, orderbacteria order - an order of bacteriaword order - the order of words in a textarrangement - an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging; "a flower arrangement"genetic code - the ordering of nucleotides in DNA molecules that carries the genetic information in living cellsgenome - the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism; "the human genome contains approximately three billion chemical base pairs"series - similar things placed in order or happening one after another; "they were investigating a series of bank robberies"
	3.	ordination - the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders; "the rabbi's family was present for his ordination"ordinanceappointment, designation, naming, assignment - the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"laying on of hands - laying hands on a person's head to invoke spiritual blessing in Christian ordinationholy order - the sacrament of ordination

Translations

任命委任

ordination

(oːdiˈneiʃən) noun the act of making (a person) a priest, minister etc, or the ceremony at which this is done. 委任，任命 委任，任命