Ordination

  • 71ORDINATION —     Si un militaire chargé par le roi de France de conférer l ordre de Saint Louis à un autre militaire n avait pas, en lui donnant la croix, l intention de le faire chevalier, le récipiendaire en serait il moins chevalier de Saint Louis ? Non,… …

    Dictionnaire philosophique de Voltaire

  • 72ordination — noun 1》 the action of ordaining someone in holy orders. 2》 literary the action of decreeing or ordaining …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 73ordination — n. 1. Consecration, induction, institution. 2. Tendency, foreordination …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 74Ordination — the rite of admission into the ministry of the church; only admission to the major orders of the ministry was considered to be a sacrament ♦ The ceremony by which clergy are promoted through the various grades, or orders, of clerkship. Also… …

    Medieval glossary

  • 75ordination — n 1.Eccles. ordainment, holy orders, orders, consecration, ecclesiastical office. 2. investiture, empowering, accrediting, conferment, instatement, charging, presentation; installation, induction, nomination, designation, election, appointment,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 76ordination — or·di·na·tion …

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  • 77ordination —  Посвящение2 …

    Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов

  • 78ordination — [ˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n] noun [C/U] the process or religious ceremony by which someone is officially made a priest, MINISTER, or RABBI …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 79ordination — or•di•na•tion [[t]ˌɔr dnˈeɪ ʃən[/t]] n. 1) rel the act or ceremony of ordaining as a priest, minister, etc 2) the fact or state of being ordained 3) a decreeing 4) the act of arranging 5) the resulting state; disposition; arrangement • Etymology …

    From formal English to slang

  • 80ordination — /ɔdəˈneɪʃən / (say awduh nayshuhn) noun 1. Ecclesiastical the act or ceremony of ordaining. 2. the fact of being ordained. 3. a decreeing. 4. the act of arranging. 5. the resulting state. {Middle English ordinacion, from Latin ordinātio… …