Speakur

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ordination

/ˌɔɹdəˈneɪʃn̩/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables
or-di-na-tion
IPA
/ˌɔɹdəˈneɪʃn̩/
11
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of ordaining or the state of being ordained.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The ceremony in which a priest is consecrated, considered a sacrament in the Catholic and Orthodox churches.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

the ceremony in which a bhikkhu or bhikkhuni is ordained into the sangha

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A statistical technique for ordering data from a large number of sites or populations by arranging the data as points in a multidimensional coordinate frame, in which patterns can be discerned; an instance of this.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle French ordination, from Old French ordinacion, from Latin ordinatio.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌɔɹdəˈneɪʃn̩/
  • British English: /ˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃn̩/

Usage

Inflected Forms

ordinations (plural)

Derived Forms

misordination nonordination

Phrases

co-ordination ordination hall ordination mill self-ordination

Synonyms

gradient analysis ordinance ordering order

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization nation location application

Questions

How do you pronounce ordination?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɔɹdəˈneɪʃn̩/.
What does ordination mean?
The act of ordaining or the state of being ordained.
Where does ordination come from?
From Middle French ordination, from Old French ordinacion, from Latin ordinatio.

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