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Noun ordination has 3 senses

ordination - the status of being ordained to a sacred office
--₁ is a kind of status, position
ordering, order, ordination - logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"
--₂ is a kind of arrangement
--₂ has particulars:
bacteria order; word order; genetic code; genome; series
ordination, ordinance - the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders; "the rabbi's family was present for his ordination"
--₃ is a kind of appointment, assignment, designation, naming
--₃ is a part of holy orders
--₃ has particulars: laying on of hands