Ordination
(noun)
- The act of ordaining or the state of being ordained, especially the formal ceremony by which a person is inducted into the Christian ministry.
- The process of arranging or allocating people or things systematically or officially.
Origin:
Late middle english: from old french ordination, from latin ordinatio(n-), from ordinare "arrange, put in order", from ordo, ordin- "order".
Examples:
- He was ordained as a priest in the Catholic Church.
- The ordination ceremony was held in the cathedral.
- The ordination of women as priests has been a contentious issue.
- The new mayor is working on an ordination of the city's public transportation system.
- The ordination of the soldiers in the parade was impeccable.