ordination
21ORDINATION — s. f. Action de conférer les ordres de l Église. C est tel évêque qui a fait l ordination. Il s est présenté à l ordination …
22ORDINATION — n. f. Action de conférer ou de recevoir les ordres de l’église. L’ordination ne peut être donnée que par un évêque. Recevoir l’ordination sacerdotale. Il se dit aussi de la Cérémonie au cours de laquelle l’évêque confère les ordres sacrés. Les… …
23ordination — UK [ˌɔː(r)dɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌɔrd(ə)nˈeɪʃ(ə)n] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms ordination : singular ordination plural ordinations the process or religious ceremony by which someone is officially made a priest, minister, or rabbi …
24ordination — or|di|na|tion [ˌo:dıˈneıʃən US ˌo:r ] n [U and C] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: ordinatio, from ordinare; ORDAIN] the act or ceremony in which someone is made a priest →↑ordain ▪ the ordination of women …
25ordination — or|di|na|tion [ ,ɔrdn eıʃn ] noun count or uncount the process or religious ceremony by which someone is officially made a priest, MINISTER, or RABBI: the debate over the ordination of women …
26Ordination — The service in which Bishops, priests and deacons are commissioned for their work. It is traditionally believed that ordination is an indelible Sacrament …
27ordination — noun (C, U) the act or ceremony making someone a priest: the ordination of women …
28ordination — n. 1 a the act of conferring holy orders esp. on a priest or deacon. b the admission of a priest etc. to church ministry. 2 the arrangement of things etc. in ranks; classification. 3 the act of decreeing or ordaining. Etymology: ME f. OF… …
29Ordination de femmes dans l'Église catholique — Ordination des femmes dans l Église catholique L ordination de femmes, dans l Église catholique romaine est un sujet polémique, qui a été l objet de revendications et a suscité des affirmations doctrinales. Elle relève du sacrement de l ordre (l… …
30Ordination of women in the United Methodist Church — has occurred since its creation in 1968. Some of the groups that later became part of the United Methodist Church started ordaining women in the late 19th century, but the largest group, The Methodist Church, did not grant women full clergy… …