ordination

The act of ordaining or the state of being ordained.

The ceremony of consecration to the ministry.

An arrangement or ordering.

Disposition as in ranks or rows; formal arrangement; array.

The act of admitting to holy orders, or to the Christian ministry; the rite of conferring holy orders or investing with ministerial or sacerdotal power and authority.

Arrangement of parts so as to form a consistent whole; organization; prearrangement; constitution.

Assignment of proper place in an order or series; hence, suitable relation; due proportion.

Appointment; enactment; decree; ordinance.

The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc.

The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders.