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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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The holy and wise ordination of God.  --Jer. Taylor.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Virtue and vice have a natural ordination to the
              happiness and misery of life respectively. --Norris.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Eccl.) The act of setting apart to an office in the
        Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Disposition; arrangement; order. [R.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Angle of ordination (Geom.), the angle between the axes of
        co["o]rdinates.
        [1913 Webster]

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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  ordination
       n 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" [syn: ordering, order]
       3: the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving)
          holy orders; "the rabbi's family was present for his
          ordination" [syn: ordinance]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ordination
     Αγγλικά n.
     η χειροτονία

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Ordination
     German n.
     1 f (lb de medicine) consultation hours, surgery hours
     2 f (lb de medicine rare) prescription, doctor's orders
     3 f (lb de medicine Austria) doctor's office
     4 f (lb de church) ordination

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Ordination
     German n.
     1 f (lb de medicine) consultation hours, surgery hours
     2 f (lb de medicine rare) prescription, doctor's orders
     3 f (lb de medicine Austria) doctor's office
     4 f (lb de church) ordination

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Ordination
     German n.
     1 f (lb de medicine) consultation hours, surgery hours
     2 f (lb de medicine rare) prescription, doctor's orders
     3 f (lb de medicine Austria) doctor's office
     4 f (lb de church) ordination

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ordination
     Ranska n.
     vihkiminen (virkaan, erit. kirkolliseen)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  ordination
     n.
     av ''ordinera''

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]

  ordination
     n.
     av ''ordinera''

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  Ordination /ˌɔɾdiːnatsjˈoːn/ 
   [Ös.] medical practice , doctor's surgery  [Br.] , medical office  [Am.]
        "eine Arztpraxis / Ordination / ein Arztambulatorium übernehmen"  - take over a medical practice/doctor's surgery / medical office
     Synonyms: Arztpraxis, Arztambulatorium
  
   see: Arztpraxen, Ordinationen, Arztambulatorien, Privatpraxis, Sentinella-Praxis, Beobachungspraxis
  

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:deu-eng ]

  Ordination /ˌɔɾdiːnatsjˈoːn/ 
  ordination 

From Deutsch-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:deu-swe ]

  Ordination /ɔʁdinaˈt͡si̯oːn/ 
  ordination
  religiöses Ritual, in der ein Gläubiger zu einem geistlichen Amt (zum Beispiel Priester oder Rabbiner) gesegnet und beauftragt wird (meist durch Handauflegung)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Ordination /ˌɔːdɪnˈeɪʃən/
  الرسامة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  ordination /ˌɔːdɪnˈeɪʃən/ 
  1. разпореждане
  act of ordaining
  2. ръкополагане
  ceremony

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  ordination /ˌɔːdɪnˈeɪʃən/ 
  vysvěcení

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  ordination /ˌɔːdɪnˈeɪʃən/
  Ordination 

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  ordination /ˌɔːdɪnˈeɪʃən/
  
  χειροτονία

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  ordination /ˌɔːdɪnˈeɪʃən/ 
  1. पुरोहिताभिषेक
        "The ordination was made by the head priest."

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  ordination /ˌɔːdɪnˈeɪʃən/ 
  ordinasjon 2.
  act of ordaining
   3.
  ceremony

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  ordination /ˌɔ:dɪˈneɪʃən/ 
    wyświęcenie

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  ordination /ˌɔːdɪnˈeɪʃən/ 
  ordination
  act of ordaining

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  ordination /ˌɔːdɪnˈeɪʃən/
  1. (kil.) papaz atama ve kutsama töreni
  2. atanma ve kutsanma.

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

  ordination /ɔʁdinasjˈɔ̃/
  urzhiadur (urzhiadurioù /yʁzjadyʁjˈu/)

From français-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-bul ]

  ordination /ɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃/ 
  разпореждане

From français-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ita ]

  ordination /ɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃/ 
  ordinazione

From français-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-spa ]

  ordination /ɔʁ.di.na.sjɔ̃/ 
  ordenación, ordinación

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˌɔɹdəˈneɪʃən/

From IPA:fr :   [ IPA:fr ]

  

/ɔʁdinasjɔ̃/

From IPA:sv :   [ IPA:sv ]

  

/ɔɖɪnaɧ'uːn/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  ORDINATION, civil and eccl. law. The act of conferring the orders of the 
  church upon an individual. Nov. 137. 
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "ordination":
     acceptance, adjustment, admission, admittance, apostolic orders,
     appointment, assignment, baptism, calling, canonization, charting,
     codification, commitment, conferment, consecration, coordination,
     dedication, designation, devotion, election, enlistment,
     enrollment, hallowing, harmonization, holy orders, immission,
     inauguration, induction, initiation, installation, instatement,
     institution, intromission, investiture, major orders,
     methodization, minor orders, naming, nomination, normalization,
     ordainment, orders, organization, planning, posting, preferment,
     presentation, rationalization, reading in, regularization,
     regulation, routinization, selection, systematization, tabbing,
     transferral
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 任命,神职授任,命令;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 任命,神职授任,命令

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