ordination

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

ordination (countable and uncountable, plural ordinations)

The act of ordaining or the state of being ordained.
(Christianity) The ceremony in which a priest is consecrated, considered a sacrament in the Catholic and Orthodox churches.

Translations

act of ordaining

French: ordination (fr) f
Greek: χειροτονία (el) f (cheirotonía)
Hungarian: felszentelés (hu)
Maori: whakawahinga, whakapirititanga, whakaminitatanga, whakapīhopatanga (as a bishop), whakarīkonatanga (as a deacon)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: ordinasjon m

Nynorsk: ordinasjon m

ceremony

French: ordination (fr) f
Greek: χειροτονία (el) f (cheirotonía)
Maori: whakapirititanga, whakaminitatanga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ordinasjon m

Nynorsk: ordinasjon m

Portuguese: ordenação (pt) f
Ukrainian: висвя́чення n (vysvjáčennja)

French

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Noun

ordination f (plural ordinations)

ordination

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