ordination
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- noun
- /ˌɔːr.dɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
- Formal
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ordenación
- INE has expertise in environmental economics, pollution, and ecological ordination of the territory.
- ordination of women
Examples
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Exactly what "ordination" said is the lynchpin to the entire business of institutional ecumenism.
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First, much of the evidence cited by the CDF does not directly touch the ordination of women.
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The parties to the statement above appear to have assumed that "ordination" had the same meaning then that they ascribe to it today.
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Thus, much hinges on exactly what messages "ordination" sought to convey.
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The nuns have a ten-precept and lay ordination and are, in a technical sense, not fully ordained.
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Sumana Maniyo, however, insisted that she first get the permission of her husband and her parents-in-law before she received the ordination.
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Mormonism's racial theology underwent a seismic change between the ordination of Elijah Abel and Brigham Young's speech to the Utah territorial legislature.
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The ordination of new ministers in the church takes place every spring.
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The committee discussed the ordination process to ensure it was fair and transparent.
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After the ordination ceremony, the new pastor addressed the congregation about his vision.
Synonyms
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The arrangement of things in a neat sequence
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The way things are placed or organized in a place
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How parts are arranged in something, like furniture or a machine
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Arranging people or things in a neat, planned order
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Arranging things in a particular sequence so they are easy to find
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Putting things like steps or events in a particular order
Putting things in a certain order by time, size, or other features
A way of arranging parts so they form one clear structure
A neat row of people or objects
Antonyms
Compounds
- Offensive
A website or group that sells fake religious certificates quickly for money
How Organized
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- US
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- Formal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ordination comes from the Latin ordinare, which means 'to put in order' and from ordo 'order'. So when we speak of the ordination of ideas or colors, we mean how they are carefully put into a clear order.