ordination

What it means

1. countableuncountableThe act of ordaining or the state of being ordained.
2. countableuncountableChristianityThe ceremony in which a priest is consecrated, considered a sacrament in the Catholic and Orthodox churches.
3. countableuncountableBuddhismthe ceremony in which a bhikkhu or bhikkhuni is ordained into the sangha

In a sentence

Coordinate term: cluster analysis

Where it comes from

1. Latinordinatio
2. Old Frenchordinacion
3. Middle Frenchordination
4. Englishordination

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