What is the act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders called?
ordination — (Eccl.) The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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