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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Ordination \Or`di*na"tion\, n. [L. ordinatio: cf. F.
     ordination.]
     1. The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the
        state of being ordained, appointed, etc.
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              The holy and wise ordination of God.  --Jer. Taylor.
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              Virtue and vice have a natural ordination to the
              happiness and misery of life respectively. --Norris.
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     2. (Eccl.) The act of setting apart to an office in the
        Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders.
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     3. Disposition; arrangement; order. [R.]
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     Angle of ordination (Geom.), the angle between the axes of
        co["o]rdinates.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Ordination \Or`di*na"tion\, n. [L. ordinatio: cf. F.
     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. (Eccl.) The act of setting apart to an office in the
        Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders.
  
     3. Disposition; arrangement; order. [R.]
  
     Angle of ordination (Geom.), the angle between the axes of
        co["o]rdinates.

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