1. (

• ordination

) the status of being ordained to a sacred office ;

2. (

• ordering ,
• order ,
• ordination

) logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation" ;

3. (

• ordination ,
• ordinance

) the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders; "the rabbi's family was present for his ordination" ;