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.
Angle of ordination(Geom.), the angle between the axes of coördinates.