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Ordination is the
process by
which individuals are consecrated, that is, set
apart and
elevated from the
laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized...
- The
ordination of
women to
ministerial or
priestly office is an
increasingly common practice among some
contemporary major religious groups. It remains...
- In Christianity, the
ordination of
women has been
taking place in an
increasing number of
Protestant and Old
Catholic churches,
starting in the 20th century...
- An
ordination mill is a
religious organization or
denomination in
which membership is
obtainable by
trivial means and all
members are
qualified for self-ordination...
- The
ordination hall (Pali: sīmā) is a
Buddhist building specifically consecrated and
designated for the
performance of the
Buddhist ordination ritual (upasampadā)...
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history of women's
ordination in the world's
religious traditions. It is not an
exhaustive list of all
historic or
contemporary ordinations of women. See also:...
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Ordination or
gradient analysis, in
multivariate analysis, is a
method complementary to data clustering, and used
mainly in
exploratory data
analysis (rather...
- Look up
ordination in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Ordination is the
process of
consecrating clergy.
Ordination may also
refer to:
Ordination (statistics)...
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writes about the
ordination of a
certain Zachæus as
bishop by the
imposition of
Simon Peter Bar-Jonah's hands. The
words bishop and
ordination are used in...
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Ordination examinations are
given by an
ecclesiastical body as a way to
ensure that a
candidate is
adequately equipped,
called and
prepared for ministry...
