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}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0