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plural of ordination
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The act of ordaining or the state of being ordained
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a consecration to the ministry
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{n} the act of ordaining, order, set rule
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a church ceremony in which a minister or deacon is appointed and anointed for ministry
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the sacrament of institution of a person to the order of Deacon, Priest or Bishop
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The sacramental rite by which the sacrament of holy orders is conferred on a deacon, priest or bishop
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From Latin, ordo, meaning "order " Ordination is one of the five sacramental acts (or minor sacraments) of the Episcopal Church At an ordination, an individual is commissioned and empowered for the work of ministry Ordination is the ritual used to make someone a priest or deacon, by the laying on of hands by a bishop Bishops, in turn, are not ordained; they are consecrated See Holy Orders
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The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc
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the three levels of 'vows' are [1] the Sravakayana with lay, noviciate monastic and full monastic ordination [2] For the Sutra path of Mahayana is the bodhisattva ordination having as a basis the enlightenment thought [3] For the Vajrayana path are the various sets of 14 root and 8 branch vows
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Mathematical system for categorizing communities on a graph so that those that are most similar in species composition appear closest together
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A sacrament in which bishops, priests and deacons are made, receiving authority and grace of the Holy Spirit
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Rite by which one is ordained to the diaconate, priesthood, or episcopate
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{i} act or state of being ordained
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The ceremony in which a priest is consecrated
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The consecration of sacred ministers for divine worship and the service of people in things pertaining to God The power of ordination comes from Christ and the Church, and must be conferred by a minister capable of communicating it
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the status of being ordained to a sacred office
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the rite of admission into the ministry of the church; only admission to the major orders of the ministry was considered to be a sacrament
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When someone's ordination takes place, they are made a member of the clergy. supporters of the ordination of women. the act or ceremony in which someone is made a priest ordain (ordinatio, from ordinare; ORDAIN)
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(Gr cheirotonia) The sacrament of the Holy Orders, imparted through the laying on of hands upon the candidate for the priesthood
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A recognition that a minister has been set apart for the gospel ministry This is the final step in the licensing process
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the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders; "the rabbi's family was present for his ordination"
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Disposition; arrangement; order
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A church ceremony that acknowledges that God has called a person into professional ministry and formally invests that person with the duties and responsibilities of clergy In most cases, there is a lengthy period of systematic examination and approval before the ordination is performed Ordination is generally for life An ordained person, like a lay person, can be consecrated to carry out a specific task or office See also sanctification and consecration
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Ordination is a termed that is normally applied to a particular class of multivariate techniques when they are applied to ecological data Generally they are geometrical methods that attempt to present multivariate data in fewer dimensions
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the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders; "the rabbi's family was present for his ordination" the status of being ordained to a sacred office
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a special service for inducting a person into holy orders; the ritual that makes a person a deacon, priest or bishop
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the conveying of spiritual authority by a bishop The laying on of hands by a bishop to make a deacon, ordain a priest, and consecrate a bishop (at least three bishops are required to ordain a priest as a bishop)
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The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders
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logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"
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a speical service for inducting a person into holy orders; the ritual that makes a person a priest or minister