/awr'dn ay"sheuhn/ , n.
1. Eccles. the act or ceremony of ordaining.
2. the fact or state of being ordained.
3. a decreeing.
4. the act of arranging.
5. the resulting state; disposition; arrangement.
[ 1350-1400; ME ordinacioun ordinatio ordainment, L: a putting in order, appointment = ordina(re) to order, arrange (der. of ordo, s. ordin-, order) + -tio -TION ]