a church ceremony in which a minister or deacon is appointed and anointed for ministry
the sacrament of institution of a person to the order of Deacon, Priest or Bishop
The sacramental rite by which the sacrament of holy orders is conferred on a deacon, priest or bishop
From Latin, ordo, meaning "order " Ordination is one of the five sacramental acts (or minor sacraments) of the Episcopal Church At an ordination, an individual is commissioned and empowered for the work of ministry Ordination is the ritual used to make someone a priest or deacon, by the laying on of hands by a bishop Bishops, in turn, are not ordained; they are consecrated See Holy Orders
The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc
the three levels of 'vows' are [1] the Sravakayana with lay, noviciate monastic and full monastic ordination [2] For the Sutra path of Mahayana is the bodhisattva ordination having as a basis the enlightenment thought [3] For the Vajrayana path are the various sets of 14 root and 8 branch vows
Mathematical system for categorizing communities on a graph so that those that are most similar in species composition appear closest together
A sacrament in which bishops, priests and deacons are made, receiving authority and grace of the Holy Spirit
The consecration of sacred ministers for divine worship and the service of people in things pertaining to God The power of ordination comes from Christ and the Church, and must be conferred by a minister capable of communicating it
the rite of admission into the ministry of the church; only admission to the major orders of the ministry was considered to be a sacrament
When someone's ordination takes place, they are made a member of the clergy. supporters of the ordination of women. the act or ceremony in which someone is made a priest ordain (ordinatio, from ordinare; ORDAIN)
(Gr cheirotonia) The sacrament of the Holy Orders, imparted through the laying on of hands upon the candidate for the priesthood