ordination

Etymology

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

noun

  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.
  3. (Buddhism) the ceremony in which a bhikkhu or bhikkhuni is ordained into the sangha

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