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...

Look up ordination in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ordination is the process of consecrating clergy. Ordination may also refer to: Ordination (statistics)...

The ordination hall (Pali: sīmā) is a Buddhist building specifically consecrated and designated for the performance of the Buddhist ordination ritual (upasampadā)...

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...

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...

Ordination or gradient analysis, in multivariate analysis, is a method complementary to data clustering, and used mainly in exploratory data analysis (rather...

Semikhah (Hebrew: סְמִיכָה) is the traditional Jewish name for rabbinic ordination. The original semikhah was the formal "transmission of authority" from...

given before the getsulma (Tibetan novice) ordination vows are given. After these, full bhikkhunī ordination may be given. Theravadan women may choose...

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:...

In the liturgical traditions of the Catholic Church, the term ordination refers to the means by which a person is included in one of the holy orders of...

armed forces, so that they might eventually train for ordination. This first Knutsford Ordination Test School, for service-men and funded by central church...

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...

priest and deacon are bestowed using ordination rites contained within ordinals. The extent to which ordination is considered sacramental in these traditions...

designates an established civil body or corporation with a hierarchy, and ordination means legal incorporation into an order. In context, therefore, a group...

various Jewish denominations, there are different requirements for rabbinic ordination and differences in opinion regarding who is recognized as a rabbi. Non-Orthodox...

Eastern or Western Catholicism, they may marry as laymen before their ordination as clergy. Priesthood is open only to men; women are excluded. The Catholic...

would influence the Southern African countries and whole region. The Co-ordination Conference was a result of consultations in the late seventies. In May...

Priests (Ordination of Women) Measure 1993 is a Church of England measure passed by the General Synod of the Church of England enabling the ordination of women...

The Minister for the Co-ordination of Defensive Measures was the title of Frank Aiken as a member of the Government of Ireland from 8 September 1939 to...

Ordination of LGBT clergy may refer to: Ordination of LGBT clergy in Judaism Ordination of LGBT Christian clergy This disambiguation page lists articles...

The ordination of lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender (LGBT) clergy who are open about their sexuality or gender identity; are sexually active if...

unless allowed to by Section 10. The Natives (Abolition of Passes and Co-ordination of Documents) Act of 1952, commonly known as the Pass Laws Act, repealed...

who has taken the initial pravrajya vows but not the upasampada or full ordination. The pratimokṣa rules do not apply to them and they do not take part in...

except in the permanent diaconate. Exceptions are sometimes admitted for ordination to transitional diaconate and priesthood on a case-by-case basis for married...

The Marxist Co-ordination Committee (MCC, Bengali: মার্কসবাদী সমন্বয় সমিতি, Hindi: मार्क्सवादी समन्वय समिति, abbreviated मासस 'maasas') was a political...

a Professional Civil Service" (7 April 1933), which mandated the "co-ordination" of the civil service – which in Germany included not only bureaucrats...

talmudist best known for his attempt to reintroduce classical semikhah (ordination). Berab was born at Maqueda near Toledo, Castilian Spain in 1474. He later...

unlocking doors, and doing housework. Difficulties with fine motor co-ordination lead to problems with handwriting, Problems associated with this area...

The ordination of women in the Anglican Communion has been increasingly common in certain provinces since the 1970s. Several provinces, however, and certain...