ordination

English

Etymology

From Middle French ordination, from Old French ordinacion, from Latin ordinatio.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

ordination (countable and uncountable, plural ordinations)

The act of ordaining or the state of being ordained.
(Christianity) The ceremony in which a priest is consecrated, considered a sacrament in the Catholic and Orthodox churches.
(Buddhism) the ceremony in which a bhikkhu or bhikkhuni is ordained into the sangha

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Translations

act of ordaining

Bulgarian: разпореждане (bg) n (razporeždane)
French: ordination (fr) f
Greek: χειροτονία (el) f (cheirotonía)
Hungarian: felszentelés (hu)
Maori: whakawahinga, whakapirititanga, whakaminitatanga, whakapīhopatanga (as a bishop), whakarīkonatanga (as a deacon)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ordinasjon m

Nynorsk: ordinasjon m
Swedish: ordination (sv) c

ceremony

Bulgarian: ръкополагане n (rǎkopolagane)
French: ordination (fr) f
Greek: χειροτονία (el) f (cheirotonía)
Latin: teleta f
Maori: whakapirititanga, whakaminitatanga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ordinasjon m

Nynorsk: ordinasjon m
Polish: święcenia (pl) f pl
Portuguese: ordenação (pt) f
Russian: рукоположе́ние (ru) n (rukopoložénije)
Spanish: ordenación (es)
Tagalog: ordenasyon
Ukrainian: висвя́чення n (vysvjáčennja)

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

ordination f (plural ordinations)

ordination

Further reading

“ordination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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