- ordination
[ordination 词源字典]
- ordination: see order
[ordination etymology, ordination origin, 英语词源] - ordination (n.)
- early 15c., "the act of conferring holy orders," from Old French ordinacion (12c.) or directly from Latin ordinationem (nominative ordinatio) "a setting in order, ordinance," noun of action from past participle stem of ordinare "arrange" (see ordain).