Meaning
- (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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Etymology
From Middle French ordination, from Old French ordinacion, from Latin ordinatio.
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