/ree'awr dn ay"sheuhn/ , n.
1. a second ordination.
2. Rom. Cath. Ch. the ordination of a priest whose first orders have been held invalid.
3. Eccles. the second ordination of a priest whose first orders were received from another church.
4. the sacrament elevating a deacon, priest, or bishop to a higher grade or order.
[ 1590-1600; reordination- (s. of reordinatio ). See RE-, ORDINATION ]