ordination

English

Etymology

From Middle French ordination, from Old French ordinacion, from Latin ordinatio.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

ordination (countable and uncountable, plural ordinations)

  1. The act of ordaining or the state of being ordained.
  2. (Christianity) The ceremony in which a priest is consecrated, considered a sacrament in the Catholic and Orthodox churches.
  3. (Buddhism) the ceremony in which a bhikkhu or bhikkhuni is ordained into the sangha

Derived terms

With prefixes

Translations

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Pronunciation

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Noun

ordination f (plural ordinations)

  1. ordination

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin ordinatio

Noun

ordination c

  1. (medicine) prescription
  2. (religion) ordination

Declension

Declension of ordination
nominative genitive
singular indefinite ordination ordinations
definite ordinationen ordinationens
plural indefinite ordinationer ordinationers
definite ordinationerna ordinationernas

References

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