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ordination

Syllabification: (or·di·na·tion)
Pronunciation: /ˌôrdnˈāSHən/

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Definition of ordination

noun

  • 1the action of ordaining or conferring holy orders on someone.
  • a ceremony in which someone is ordained.
  • 2chiefly Ecology a statistical technique in which data from a large number of sites or populations are represented as points in a two- or three-dimensional coordinate frame.

Origin:

late Middle English (in the general sense 'arrangement in order'): from Latin ordinatio(n-), from ordinare 'put in order' (see ordain)

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