ordination en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌɔɹdəˈneɪʃn̩/ (Canada, General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃn̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌoːdɪˈnæɪʃn̩/ (Australia)
- /ˌoːdəˈnæɪʃn̩/ (New-Zealand)
Etymology
From Middle French ordination, from Old French ordinacion, from Latin ordinatio.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The act of ordaining or the state of being ordained.
- (countable, uncountable) The ceremony in which a priest is consecrated, considered a sacrament in the Catholic and Orthodox churches.
- (countable, uncountable) the ceremony in which a bhikkhu or bhikkhuni is ordained into the sangha
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
Coordinate term: cluster analysis
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ordinations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
misordination · ordination mill · nonordination · self-ordination · ordination hall · co-ordination
Synonyms
Translations (36)
nb ordinasjon (act of ordaining) · hu felszentelés (act of ordaining) · cs vysvěcení (act of ordaining) · nn ordinasjon (ceremony) · mi whakawahinga (act of ordaining) · mi whakaminitatanga (act of ordaining) · ar رِسامة (ceremony) · mi whakapīhopatanga (act of ordaining) · sv ordination (act of ordaining) · bg разпореждане (act of ordaining) · nb ordinasjon (ceremony) · fr ordination (ceremony) · pl święcenia (ceremony) · bg ръкополагане (ceremony) · uk висвя́чення (ceremony) · mi whakapirititanga (ceremony) · cs svěcení (ceremony) · la teleta (ceremony) · id penahbisan (act of ordaining) · nn ordinasjon (act of ordaining) · es ordinación (ceremony) · fr ordination (act of ordaining) · el χειροτονία (act of ordaining) · mi whakaminitatanga (ceremony) · es ordenación (ceremony) · mi whakapirititanga (act of ordaining) · id penahbisan (ceremony) · es ordinación (act of ordaining) · pt ordenação (ceremony) · ang hādung (ceremony) · mi whakarīkonatanga (act of ordaining) · ru рукоположе́ние (ceremony) · tl ordenasyon (ceremony) · sv prästvigning (ceremony) · el χειροτονία (ceremony) · es ordenación (act of ordaining)