Ordained vs. Ordination — What's the Difference?

To invest with ministerial or priestly authority; confer holy orders on

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 (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform various religious rites and ceremonies. The process and ceremonies of ordination vary by religion and denomination.

To authorize as a rabbi.

The act of ordaining or the state of being ordained.

To order or decree by virtue of superior authority

(Ecclesiastical) The ceremony of consecration to the ministry.

To prearrange unalterably; predestine

An arrangement or ordering.

Established by authority.

The act of ordaining or the state of being ordained.

Admitted to the ministry of the church.

(Christianity) The ceremony in which a priest is consecrated, considered a sacrament in the Catholic and Orthodox churches.

Simple past tense and past participle of ordain

(Buddhism) the ceremony in which a bhikkhu or bhikkhuni is ordained into the sangha

Fixed or established especially by order or command;

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

Invested with ministerial or priestly functions;

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

Disposition; arrangement; order.

The status of being ordained to a sacred office

Logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements;

The act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders;