ordination meaning and definition

ORDINATION noun

Definition of ordination (noun)

1. the status of being ordained to a sacred office
2. logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
   • "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"
   • synonyms: order, ordering
3. the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders
   • "the rabbi's family was present for his ordination"
   • synonyms: ordinance