All 6 Uses of
ordination
in
Mansfield Park
- How unlucky that you are not ordained; Mr. Rushworth and Maria are quite ready.†
Chpt 9 *
- "Ordained!" said Miss Crawford; "what, are you to be a clergyman?"†
Chpt 9
- Edmund was at this time particularly full of cares: his mind being deeply occupied in the consideration of two important events now at hand, which were to fix his fate in life—ordination and matrimony—events of such a serious character as to make the ball, which would be very quickly followed by one of them, appear of less moment in his eyes than in those of any other person in the house.†
Chpt 26
- On the 23rd he was going to a friend near Peterborough, in the same situation as himself, and they were to receive ordination in the course of the Christmas week.†
Chpt 26
- There is now a spirit of improvement abroad; but among those who were ordained twenty, thirty, forty years ago, the larger number, to judge by their performance, must have thought reading was reading, and preaching was preaching.†
Chpt 34
- Edmund had already gone through the service once since his ordination; and upon this being understood, he had a variety of questions from Crawford as to his feelings and success; questions, which being made, though with the vivacity of friendly interest and quick taste, without any touch of that spirit of banter or air of levity which Edmund knew to be most offensive to Fanny, he had true pleasure in satisfying; and when Crawford proceeded to ask his opinion and give his own as to the…†
Chpt 34
Definition:
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(ordination) ceremony in which someone is officially declared a religious leader -- such as a minister, priest, or rabbi