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Ordination

ordination
1. The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc. The holy and wise ordination of god. (Jer. Taylor) Virtue and vice have a natural ordination to the happiness and misery of life respectively. (norris)
2. The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders.
3. Disposition; arrangement; order.
(Science: geometry) angle of ordination, the angle between the axes of coordinates.
Origin: L. Ordinatio: cf. F. Ordination.

Last updated on February 26th, 2021

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