ordination
1. [ noun ] logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
Synonyms: order ordering
Examples:

"we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"

Related terms: arrangement arrangement series word_order bacteria_order genetic_code genome arrange
2. [ noun ] the status of being ordained to a sacred office
Related terms: status
3. [ noun ] (religion) the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders
Synonyms: ordinance ordaining
Examples:

"the rabbi's family was present for his ordination"

Related terms: appointment laying_on_of_hands holy_orders ordain
Similar spelling:   oration
  ordinate
  ordinand
  ordinance
  ordinal
  ordinary
  ordinariness
  ordnance
  ordinarily