ordination

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French ordination, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French ordinacion, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ordinatio

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

ordination (countable and uncountable, plural ordinations)

1. The act of ordaining or the state of being ordained.
2. (Christianity) The ceremony in which a priest is consecrated, considered a sacrament in the Catholic and Orthodox churches.

Translations

act of ordaining

• French: ordination (fr) f
• Greek: χειροτονία (el) f (cheirotonía)
• Hungarian: felszentelés (hu)
• Maori: whakawahinga, whakapirititanga, whakaminitatanga, whakapīhopatanga (as a bishop), whakarīkonatanga (as a deacon)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ordinasjon m

  Nynorsk: ordinasjon m

ceremony

• French: ordination (fr) f
• Greek: χειροτονία (el) f (cheirotonía)
• Maori: whakapirititanga, whakaminitatanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ordinasjon m

  Nynorsk: ordinasjon m

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• Portuguese: ordenação (pt) f
• Russian: рукоположе́ние (ru) n (rukopoložénije)
• Ukrainian: висвя́чення n (vysvjáčennja)

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Pronunciation

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Noun

ordination f (plural ordinations)

1. ordination