ordination
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- Christianity
- New Testament usage
- Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran and Anglican churches
- Details peculiar to the various denominations
- Notes
- Reformed, Methodist and Pentecostal churches
- Jehovah's Witnesses
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Islam
- Judaism
- Buddhism
- Mahayana
- Theravada
- Fully ordained nuns
- Posthumous ordination
- New Kadampa Tradition
- Unitarian Universalism
- Ordination of women
- In Christianity
- In Judaism
- Ordination of LGBT persons
- See also
- References
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thumb|upright=1.5|Ordination of a Catholic deacon, 1520 AD: the [[bishop bestows vestments.]]
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 may vary by religion and denomination. One who is in preparation for, or who is undergoing, the process of ordination is sometimes called an ordinand. The liturgy used at an ordination is commonly found in a book known as an Ordinal which provides the ordo (ritual and rubrics) for celebrations.