"ordination" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ordinations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Middle French ordination, from Old French ordinacion, from Latin ordinatio. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|ordination}} Middle French ordination, {{uder|en|fro|ordinacion}} Old French ordinacion, {{uder|en|la|ordinatio}} Latin ordinatio Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ordination (countable and uncountable, plural ordinations)
  1. The act of ordaining or the state of being ordained. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of ordaining): разпореждане (razporeždane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ordination [feminine] (French), χειροτονία (cheirotonía) [feminine] (Greek), felszentelés (Hungarian), whakawahinga (Maori), whakapirititanga (Maori), whakaminitatanga (Maori), whakapīhopatanga (note: as a bishop) (Maori), whakarīkonatanga (note: as a deacon) (Maori), ordinasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ordinasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ordination [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ordination-en-noun-24t13efF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 31 22 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 54 27 19 Disambiguation of 'act of ordaining': 83 9 8
  2. (Christianity) The ceremony in which a priest is consecrated, considered a sacrament in the Catholic and Orthodox churches. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-ordination-en-noun-qIJy1zg9 Topics: Christianity
  3. (Buddhism) the ceremony in which a bhikkhu or bhikkhuni is ordained into the sangha Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Buddhism
    Sense id: en-ordination-en-noun-QBIa-zO9 Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: co-ordination, ordination hall, ordination mill, self-ordination Translations (ceremony): ръкополагане (rǎkopolagane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ordination [feminine] (French), χειροτονία (cheirotonía) [feminine] (Greek), teleta [feminine] (Latin), whakapirititanga (Maori), whakaminitatanga (Maori), ordinasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ordinasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), święcenia [feminine, plural] (Polish), ordenação [feminine] (Portuguese), рукоположе́ние (rukopoložénije) [neuter] (Russian), ordenación (Spanish), ordenasyon (Tagalog), висвя́чення (vysvjáčennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)

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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "ceremony",
      "word": "whakapirititanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "ceremony",
      "word": "whakaminitatanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "ceremony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ordinasjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "ceremony",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ordinasjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ceremony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "święcenia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ceremony",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ordenação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rukopoložénije",
      "sense": "ceremony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "рукоположе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ceremony",
      "word": "ordenación"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "ceremony",
      "word": "ordenasyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vysvjáčennja",
      "sense": "ceremony",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "висвя́чення"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ordination"
  ],
  "word": "ordination"
}

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