Ordination
noun
The activity of formally making someone a minister or priest in the Christian church.
In his ordination ceremony, he was named a bishop of the local church.
Often appears as...
- ordination ceremony
- priest ordination
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Religious
noun
The arrangement of something in a specific way.
The ordination of data can greatly influence the outcome of a statistical analysis.
Often appears as...
- data ordination
- result ordination
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Academic
noun
The activity of formally making someone a minister or priest in the Christian church.
In his ordination ceremony, he was named a bishop of the local church.
Often appears as...
- ordination ceremony
- priest ordination
Usage tips
Religious
noun
The arrangement of something in a specific way.
The ordination of data can greatly influence the outcome of a statistical analysis.
Often appears as...
- data ordination
- result ordination
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Religious events
Refers to special ceremonies in Christian churches involving religious authority.
Her ordination into the ministry was a solemn event.
Pro Tip 2/3Career milestone
Marks an important step in the career of religious leaders, like becoming a priest or minister.
After his ordination, he led his first Mass.
Pro Tip 3/3Ritual significance
Involves specific rituals or customs that may differ across various Christian denominations.
Each denomination has its own ordination traditions.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious events
Refers to special ceremonies in Christian churches involving religious authority.
Her ordination into the ministry was a solemn event.
Pro Tip 2/3Career milestone
Marks an important step in the career of religious leaders, like becoming a priest or minister.
After his ordination, he led his first Mass.
Pro Tip 3/3Ritual significance
Involves specific rituals or customs that may differ across various Christian denominations.
Each denomination has its own ordination traditions.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious events
Refers to special ceremonies in Christian churches involving religious authority.
Her ordination into the ministry was a solemn event.
Pro Tip 2/3Career milestone
Marks an important step in the career of religious leaders, like becoming a priest or minister.
After his ordination, he led his first Mass.
Pro Tip 3/3Ritual significance
Involves specific rituals or customs that may differ across various Christian denominations.
Each denomination has its own ordination traditions.
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you have a higher probability of encountering a potential pathogen, or germ, than if you're outdoors. So to understand why this was the case, we took our data and put it into an ordination diagram, which is a statistical map
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Jessica Green: Are we...
you have a higher probability of encountering a potential pathogen, or germ, than if you're outdoors. So to understand why this was the case, we took our data and put it into an ordination diagram, which is a statistical map
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David A. Bednar
American Clergyman
Receiving the authority of the priesthood by the laying on of hands is an important beginning, but it is not enough. Ordination confers authority, but righteousness is required to act with power as we strive to lift souls, to teach and testify, to bless and counsel, and to advance the work of salvation.
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Ann Widdecombe
British Politician
I left the Church of England because there was a huge bundle of straw. The ordination of women was the last straw, but it was only one of many. For years I had been disillusioned by the Church of England's compromising on everything. The Catholic Church doesn't care if something is unpopular.
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Sheri L. Dew
American Author
Motherhood is not what was left over after our Father blessed His sons with priesthood ordination. It was the most ennobling endowment He could give His daughters, a sacred trust that gave women an unparalleled role in helping His children keep their second estate.
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Peter Jurasik
American Actor
At the end of four years' time, at graduation, we were down to 12. At our reunion that we had several years ago, only 1 out of the 52 actually made it to ordination and priesthood. So there you go, there's your numbers.
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George Carey
English Clergyman
I think in my own country, at the way we've seen through the ordination of women to the priesthood, which I'm delighted about, and that will move on to another level before very long.
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Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor
German Royalty
Since by the ordination of God I both am called and am Emperor of the Romans, in nothing but name shall I appear to be ruler if the control of the Roman city be wrested from my hands.
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Pope Benedict XVI
German Clergyman
The fact that the church is convinced of not having the right to confer priestly ordination on women is now considered by some as irreconcilable with the European Constitution.
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Thomas Keneally
Australian Novelist
So I was very close to ordination. I was delighted to be ordained a deacon, which is the last step between, before becoming a priest. But then it all fell apart.
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Al Sharpton
American Activist
My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.
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Friedrich Schiller
German Dramatist
Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate.
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David A. Bednar
American Clergyman
Receiving the authority of the priesthood by the laying on of hands is an important beginning, but it is not enough. Ordination confers authority, but righteousness is required to act with power as we strive to lift souls, to teach and testify, to bless and counsel, and to advance the work of salvation.
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Ann Widdecombe
British Politician
I left the Church of England because there was a huge bundle of straw. The ordination of women was the last straw, but it was only one of many. For years I had been disillusioned by the Church of England's compromising on everything. The Catholic Church doesn't care if something is unpopular.
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Sheri L. Dew
American Author
Motherhood is not what was left over after our Father blessed His sons with priesthood ordination. It was the most ennobling endowment He could give His daughters, a sacred trust that gave women an unparalleled role in helping His children keep their second estate.
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Peter Jurasik
American Actor
At the end of four years' time, at graduation, we were down to 12. At our reunion that we had several years ago, only 1 out of the 52 actually made it to ordination and priesthood. So there you go, there's your numbers.
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George Carey
English Clergyman
I think in my own country, at the way we've seen through the ordination of women to the priesthood, which I'm delighted about, and that will move on to another level before very long.
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Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor
German Royalty
Since by the ordination of God I both am called and am Emperor of the Romans, in nothing but name shall I appear to be ruler if the control of the Roman city be wrested from my hands.
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Pope Benedict XVI
German Clergyman
The fact that the church is convinced of not having the right to confer priestly ordination on women is now considered by some as irreconcilable with the European Constitution.
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Thomas Keneally
Australian Novelist
So I was very close to ordination. I was delighted to be ordained a deacon, which is the last step between, before becoming a priest. But then it all fell apart.
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Al Sharpton
American Activist
My ordination in the Church of God in Christ was at age 9, and I later became a Baptist minister, which I am today.
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Friedrich Schiller
German Dramatist
Full of wisdom are the ordinations of fate.
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