ordination
/ˌɔɹdəˈneɪʃn̩/ noun C2- The act of ordaining or the state of being ordained.
- The ceremony in which a priest is consecrated, considered a sacrament in the Catholic and Orthodox churches.
- the ceremony in which a bhikkhu or bhikkhuni is ordained into the sangha
- A statistical technique for ordering data from a large number of sites or populations by arranging the data as points in a multidimensional coordinate frame, in which patterns can be discerned; an instance of this. · Coordinate term: cluster analysis
Plural ordinations
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--“My mind, however, is now made up on the subject; for, having received ordination at Easter, I have been so fortunate as to be distinguished by the patronage of the Right Honourable Lady Catherine de Bourgh, widow of Sir Lewis de Bourgh, whose bounty and beneficence has preferred me to the valuable rectory of this parish, where it shall be my earnest endeavour to demean myself with grateful respect towards her Ladyship, and be ever ready to perform those rites and ceremonies which are instituted by the Church of England.
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