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ordination
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ordination: see ministry ministry, in religion, term used to designate the clergy of Protestant churches, particularly those who repudiate the claims of apostolic succession. The ceremony by which the candidate receives the office of a minister is called ordination.
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; orders, holy orders, holy [Lat. ordo,=rank], in Christianity, the traditional degrees of the clergy, conferred by the Sacrament of Holy Order. The episcopacy, priesthood or presbyterate, and diaconate were in general use in Christian churches in the 2d cent.
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ordination
a. the act of conferring holy orders
b. the reception of holy orders


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quot; In the social and juridical ordainment in any society there are attitudes, behaviors and actions that, in a typified way, they are constituted as punishable by law- they are acts of criminal nature.
In light of these issues, I strongly recommend against ordainment of the proposed ordinance.
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