Ordination \Or`di*na"tion\, n. [L. ordinatio: cf. F. ordination.]

1. The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc.

The holy and wise ordination of God. --Jer. Taylor.

Virtue and vice have a natural ordination to the happiness and misery of life respectively. --Norris.

2. (Eccl.) The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders.

3. Disposition; arrangement; order. [R.]

Angle of ordination (Geom.), the angle between the axes of co["o]rdinates.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)