Meanings
plural ordinations
- countableuncountablebiologyA statistical technique for ordering data from a large number of sites or populations by arranging the data as points in a multidimensional coordinate frame, in which patterns can be discerned; an instance of this.
Coordinate term: cluster analysis
Synonyms: gradient analysis
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA statistical technique for ordering data from a large number of sites or populations by arranging the data as points in a multidimensional coordinate frame, in which patterns can be discerned; an instance of this.
More synonyms by meaning
nounlogical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
nounthe act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinordinatio
- Old Frenchordinacion
- Middle Frenchordination
- Englishordination
From Middle French ordination, from Old French ordinacion, from Latin ordinatio.
More words from Middle French, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic رِسامة
- رِسامة (risāma)ceremony
Bulgarian разпореждане, ръкополагане
- разпореждане (razporeždane)act of ordaining
- ръкополагане (răkopolagane)ceremony
Czech vysvěcení, svěcení
- vysvěceníact of ordaining
- svěceníceremony
French ordination, ordination
- ordinationact of ordaining
- ordinationceremony
Greek χειροτονία, χειροτονία
- χειροτονία (cheirotonía)act of ordaining
- χειροτονία (cheirotonía)ceremony
Hungarian felszentelés
- felszentelésact of ordaining
Indonesian penahbisan, penahbisan
- penahbisanact of ordaining
- penahbisanceremony
Latin teleta
- teletaceremony
Māori whakawahinga, whakapirititanga
- whakawahingaact of ordaining
- whakapirititangaact of ordaining
- whakaminitatangaact of ordaining
- whakapīhopatangaact of ordaining
- whakarīkonatangaact of ordaining
- whakapirititangaceremony
- whakaminitatangaceremony
Norwegian Bokmål ordinasjon, ordinasjon
- ordinasjonact of ordaining
- ordinasjonceremony
Polish święcenia
- święceniaceremony
Portuguese ordenação
- ordenaçãoceremony
Russian рукоположе́ние
- рукоположе́ние (rukopoložénije)ceremony
Spanish ordenación, ordinación
- ordenaciónact of ordaining
- ordinaciónact of ordaining
- ordenaciónceremony
- ordinaciónceremony
Swedish ordination, prästvigning
- ordinationact of ordaining
- prästvigningceremony
Tagalog ordenasyon
- ordenasyonceremony
Ukrainian висвя́чення
- висвя́чення (vysvjáčennja)ceremony
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ordination
Cite this entry
ordination. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ordination
“ordination.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ordination. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ordination,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ordination.
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