Synonyms for ordination
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : awr-dn-ey-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɔr dnˈeɪ ʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for ordination
Définition of ordination
Origin :- early 15c., "the act of conferring holy orders," from Old French ordinacion (12c.) or directly from Latin ordinationem (nominative ordinatio) "a setting in order, ordinance," noun of action from past participle stem of ordinare "arrange" (see ordain).
- noun an installation
- noun a system
- Then they had gone back to their places to await the ordination.
- Extract from : « The Missionary » by George Griffith
- There, indeed, lay Clarimonde, even as I had seen her at the church on the day of my ordination.
- Extract from : « Clarimonde » by Thophile Gautier
- We ought to study adaptation in the selection and ordination of ruling them.
- Extract from : « Gathering Jewels » by James Knowles and Matilda Darroch Knowles
- His colleague Mr. Gannett was gone to an Ordination at Buffalo.
- Extract from : « A Journey to America in 1834 » by Robert Heywood
- At the close of the ordination the blessing from the new priest began.
- Extract from : « The Art of Disappearing » by John Talbot Smith
- Long afterward she recognized how deeply the ordination had affected her.
- Extract from : « The Art of Disappearing » by John Talbot Smith
- The word 'ordination' does not occur in the passage in question.
- Extract from : « The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 » by Various
- Doane's Ordination sermon, 1833, admirable,—Wrote some thoughts.
- Extract from : « The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) » by John Morley
- It may be the ordination of the Unknown that I should Pass before he arrives.
- Extract from : « The Mystics » by Katherine Cecil Thurston
- They are ordained of God because they arrange the ordination.
- Extract from : « Liberalism » by L. T. Hobhouse
Antonyms for ordination
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