ordination

Noun
  1. The status of being ordained to a sacred office (synset 114455593)
    is a type of: position, status - the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
  2. Logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements (synset 108474004)
    "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"
    is a type of: arrangement - an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging
    subtypes:
    • bacteria order - an order of bacteria
    • word order - the order of words in a text
    • genetic code - the ordering of nucleotides in DNA molecules that carries the genetic information in living cells
    • genome - the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism
    • series - similar things placed in order or happening one after another
    same as: order, ordering
  3. The act of ordaining;
    The act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders (synset 100166119)
    "the rabbi's family was present for his ordination"
    is a type of: appointment, assignment, designation, naming - the act of putting a person into a non-elective position
    subtypes: laying on of hands - laying hands on a person's head to invoke spiritual blessing in Christian ordination
    is a part of: holy order - the sacrament of ordination
    same as: ordinance

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