Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of ordaining, or the state of being ordained.
- noun Appointment; destiny.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Ordination.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
ordination
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Examples
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We dismounted our elephants upon reaching the temple where the actual ordainment ceremony began.
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The ordainment ceremony required us to memorize some of the teachings of Buddha and chant them in Pali.
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As many of you know from some of my tweets and Facebook updates, for the past week and a half I was in Thailand following my dad and documenting his ordainment into monkhood.
Gotham Chopra: Notes from My Father's Monkhood Ceremony 2010
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All this took us to about noon, after which Jate and I mounted two elephants as part of a parade to the Buddhist Temple, where the ordainment and wearing of the monks robes was to take place.
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As many of you know from some of my tweets and facebook updates, for the past week and a half I was in Thailand following my dad and documenting his ordainment into monkhood.
Gotham Chopra: Notes from My Father's (Deepak Chopra) Monkhood Ceremony 2010
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The Catholic Church in France has turned to the social-networking site as part of its campaign to recruit young priests, with the hope that they can reverse years of dwindling ordainment.
The Catholic Church Turns to Social Networks to Recruit 2010
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Some 2,000 people witnessed the weekend ordainment of four Southern Baptist ministers at a church here, including one man poised to voyage to the religious frontier of upstate New York.
The Gospel Heads North Jennifer Levitz 2010
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Some 2,000 people witnessed the weekend ordainment of four Southern Baptist ministers at a church here, including one man poised to voyage to the religious frontier of upstate New York.
The Gospel Heads North Jennifer Levitz 2010
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Some 2,000 people witnessed the weekend ordainment of four Southern Baptist ministers at a church here, including one man poised to voyage to the religious frontier of upstate New York.
The Gospel Heads North Jennifer Levitz 2010
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As many of you know from some of my tweets and Facebook updates, for the past week and a half I was in Thailand following my dad and documenting his ordainment into monkhood.
Gotham Chopra: Notes from My Father's Monkhood Ceremony 2010
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