| Ordination 1. (n.) The act of consecrating for ministry, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc. 2. (n.) The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders. 3. (n.) Disposition; arrangement; order. Thesaurus Entries acceptance, adjustment, admission, admittance, apostolic orders, appointment, assignment, baptism, calling, canonization, charting, codification, commitment, conferment, consecration, coordination, dedication, designation, devotion, election, enlistment, enrollment, hallowing, harmonization, holy orders, immission, inauguration, induction, initiation, installation, instatement, institution, intromission, investiture, major orders, methodization, minor orders, naming, nomination, normalization, ordainment, orders, organization, planning, posting, preferment, presentation, rationalization, reading in, regularization, regulation, routinization, selection, systematization, tabbing, transferral |