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How to pronounce ordination in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ordinance
Type of appointment, assignment, designation, naming
Has types laying on of hands


the rabbi's family was present for his ordination.
Type Words
Synonyms order, ordering
Type of arrangement
Has types genome, word order, series, bacteria order, genetic code
Type Words
Type of position, status

Examples of ordination

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They said Vatican officials had assented to the ordination before it took place.
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All the aspiring ordinands will go on retreat this week before their ordination.
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With a push, he's off, cycling past cars with perfect balance and co-ordination.
From the independent.co.uk
Used by admins across all Wikimedia projects for cross-wiki admin co-ordination.
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Shortly after Jean's ordination I visited in the homes of some members with Roy.
From the heraldmagazine.wordpress.com
Despite the censure, a majority of bishops favor the idea of women's ordination.
From the time.com
When he was on top of his game, Ponting's hand-eye co-ordination was incredible.
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She lost motor co-ordination and was unable to remember words or simple phrases.
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Prior to 2009 ordination, spent four years performing at the Metropolitan Opera.
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More examples
  • The status of being ordained to a sacred office
  • Ordering: logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"
  • The act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders; "the rabbi's family was present for his ordination"
  • (ordinate) the value of a coordinate on the vertical axis
  • (ordinate) ordain: appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"
  • (ordinate) align: bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation; "align the wheels of my car"; "ordinate similar parts"
  • In general religious use, ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart as clergy to perform various religious rites and ceremonies. The process and ceremonies of ordination itself varies by religion and denomination. ...
  • In multivariate analysis, ordination is a method complementary to data clustering, and used mainly in exploratory data analysis (rather than in hypothesis testing). Ordination orders objects that are characterized by values on multiple variables (i.e. ...
  • (Ordinations) The term Holy Orders is used by many Christian churches to refer to ordination or to those individuals ordained for a special role or ministry.