Ordination
Pronunciation : Or`di*na"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. ordinatio: cf. F. ordination.]
Definition : 1. The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc. The holy and wise ordination of God. Jer. Taylor. Virtue and vice have a natural ordination to the happiness and misery of life respectively. Norris.
2. (Eccl.)
Defn: The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders.
3. Disposition; arrangement; order. [R.] Angle of ordination (Geom.), the angle between the axes of co?rdinates.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913