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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ordination \Or`di*na"tion\, n. [L. ordinatio: cf. F.
ordination.]
1. The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the
state of being ordained, appointed, etc.
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The holy and wise ordination of God. --Jer. Taylor.
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Virtue and vice have a natural ordination to the
happiness and misery of life respectively. --Norris.
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2. (Eccl.) The act of setting apart to an office in the
Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders.
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3. Disposition; arrangement; order. [R.]
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{Angle of ordination} (Geom.), the angle between the axes of
coordinates.
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