Both Uses of
ordination
in
Anna Karenina
- I believe that it was ordained.†
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- When the deacon had finished the prayer for the Imperial family, the priest turned to the bridal pair with a book: "Eternal God, that joinest together in love them that were separate," he read in a gentle, piping voice: "who hast ordained the union of holy wedlock that cannot be set asunder, Thou who didst bless Isaac and Rebecca and their descendants, according to Thy Holy Covenant; bless Thy servants, Konstantin and Ekaterina, leading them in the path of all good works.†
Part 5
Definition:
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(ordination) ceremony in which someone is officially declared a religious leader -- such as a minister, priest, or rabbi