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What is another word for ordinations?

Pronunciation: [ˌɔːdɪnˈe͡ɪʃənz] (IPA)

Ordinations refer to a formal process of appointing someone to a religious office or status, especially a clergyman or a deacon. There are several synonyms that can be used instead of ordinations, such as consecration, investiture, induction, installation or inauguration. Consecration denotes the act of declaring something as sacred or holy, and can be used when referring to ordaining a person into a higher spiritual status. Investiture is the act of conferring an official position, while induction, installation, and inauguration refer to the formal initiation of someone into a specific role or office. All of these synonyms can be used interchangeably with the word ordination, depending on the context in which it is used.
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"Lastly," he writes, "just as innumerable special mechanisms of muscular co-ordinations are found to be inherited, innumerable special associations of ideas are found to be the same, and in one case as in the other the strength of the organically imposed connection is found to bear a direct proportion to the frequency with which in the history of the species it has occurred."
"Luck or Cunning?"
Samuel Butler
The vague recollections of other beautiful scenes and other delightful days which it dimly rouses, are not aroused because of any rational co-ordinations of ideas that have been formed in bygone years.
"Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I"
Herbert Spencer
He then proceeded to celebrate the Holy Communion according to the English rite, which the Scotch canons now require to be used at all synods and ordinations, two other Scotch bishops assisting him, and the vessels just presented being employed both in the consecration and in the administration.
"Report Of Commemorative Services With The Sermons And Addresses At The Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885."
Diocese Of Connecticut

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