What does "ordination" mean?
Ordination: (Eccl.) The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders.
Additional senses
- 2.Disposition; arrangement; order. [R.] Angle of ordination (Geom.), the angle between the axes of coördinates.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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