Bible Dictionaries
Ordination

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Disposition; arrangement; order.

(2):

(n.) The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc.

(3):

(n.) The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ordination'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​o/ordination.html. 1828.