ordination

[ UK /ˌɔːdɪnˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌɔɹdəˈneɪʃən/ ]

NOUN

the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders
the rabbi's family was present for his ordination
the status of being ordained to a sacred office
logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation

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But Ms. Economy pointed to the elaborateness of concept and coordination of details — "the flowers are matching," she observed — leading her to suspect they may have had professional help bringing the Halloween spirit alive. Suburban Tricks, Urban Treats
With other controversial issues such as slavery and women's ordination, laity and clergy could find Bible verses to help Spirit-led changes.
Sometimes it was more like numbness or paralysis, or even problems with co-ordination.
In my hasty departure from home I had missed my ordination. A Channel of Peace
The worthies on the committee also attempted to explain why those mistakes - in surveillance, in intelligence-gathering, analysis and co-ordination - were made.
There were lots of thrusts and gyrations in the class, which makes sense, since they're burlesquers, but I just don't have the coordination, sadly, to shimmy and walk backward at the same time.
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The re-ordination conferred there was based on the precedent of the strengthening procedure (Pali: dalhikamma) followed, for instance, when bhikkhus ordained according to the procedures of the Sri Lankan division of Theravada have been re-ordained according to those of the Burmese division of Theravada. A Summary Report of the 2007 International Congress on the Women's Role in the Sangha: Bhikshuni Vinaya and Ordination Lineages �� Part Two: Day One
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Do you really think coercion is needed to reach a solution to coordination problems? Another Herring, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty

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