[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ordination \or`dina"tion\, n. l. ordinatio: cf. f.
   ordination.
   1. the act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the
      state of being ordained, appointed, etc.
      1913 webster

            the holy and wise ordination of god.  --jer. taylor.
      1913 webster

            virtue and vice have a natural ordination to the
            happiness and misery of life respectively. --norris.
      1913 webster

   2. eccl. the act of setting apart to an office in the
      christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders.
      1913 webster

   3. disposition; arrangement; order. r.
      1913 webster

   angle of ordination geom., the angle between the axes of
      coordinates.
      1913 webster
see also:
angle of ordination 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ordination
     n 1: the status of being ordained to a sacred office
     2: logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements;
        "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of
        their presentation" syn: ordering, order
     3: the act of ordaining; the act of conferring or receiving
        holy orders; "the rabbi's family was present for his
        ordination" syn: ordinance
see also:
ordering order ordinance 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

56 moby thesaurus words for "ordination":
   acceptance, adjustment, admission, admittance, apostolic orders,
   appointment, assignment, baptism, calling, canonization, charting,
   codification, commitment, conferment, consecration, coordination,
   dedication, designation, devotion, election, enlistment,
   enrollment, hallowing, harmonization, holy orders, immission,
   inauguration, induction, initiation, installation, instatement,
   institution, intromission, investiture, major orders,
   methodization, minor orders, naming, nomination, normalization,
   ordainment, orders, organization, planning, posting, preferment,
   presentation, rationalization, reading in, regularization,
   regulation, routinization, selection, systematization, tabbing,
   transferral

[4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

ordination, civil and eccl. law. the act of conferring the orders of the 
church upon an individual. nov. 137. 

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