ordination

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Synonyms: ruination, origination, coordination, ordinator, mordication, ordinative, inordination, deordination, opination, urination, iodination

Antonyms: ruination, origination, coordination, ordinator, mordication, ordinative, inordination, deordination, opination, urination, iodination

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Noun

1. The act of [[ordaining]] or the state of being [[ordained]].
2. {{lb|en|Christianity}} The [[ceremony]] in which a [[priest]] is [[consecrated]], considered a [[sacrament]] in the [[Catholic]] and [[Orthodox]] churches.
3. {{lb|en|Buddhism}} the ceremony in which a [[bhikkhu]] or [[bhikkhuni]] is ordained into the [[sangha]]
4. {{lb|en|statistics|ecology}} A [[statistical]] technique for ordering data from a large number of [[site]]s or [[population]]s by arranging the [[data]] as points in a [[multidimensional]] [[coordinate]] frame, in which [[pattern]]s can be discerned; an instance of this.

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