ordination

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the status of being ordained to a sacred office
  2. noun logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
  3. noun the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders

Etymology

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

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