| NOUN | state | ordination | the status of being ordained to a sacred office |
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| group | ordination, ordering, order | logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements | |
| act | ordination, ordinance | the act of ordaining |
| Sounds | ao.rdahney'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The status of being ordained to a sacred office. | |
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| Broader | status, position | The relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society |
| Meaning | logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements. | |
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| Synonyms | ordering, order | |
| Narrower | bacteria order | An order of bacteria |
| genetic code | The ordering of nucleotides in DNA molecules that carries the genetic information in living cells | |
| genome | The ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism | |
| series | Similar things placed in order or happening one after another | |
| word order | The order of words in a text | |
| Broader | arrangement | An orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit |
| Spanish | ordenación, orden | |
| Catalan | ordenació, ordre | |
| Meaning | The act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders. | |
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| Example | "the rabbi's family was present for his ordination" | |
| Synonym | ordinance | |
| Part of | holy order | The sacrament of ordination |
| Narrower | laying on of hands | laying hands on a person's head to invoke spiritual blessing in Christian ordination |
| Broader | appointment, assignment, designation, naming | The act of putting a person into a non-elective position |
| Spanish | ordenación | |
| Catalan | ordenació | |
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