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Imposition :: Imposition (n.) The act of laying on the hands as a religious ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation, etc..

Subordinary :: Subordinancy (a.) Subordinacy; subordination.

Disordination :: Disordination (n.) The state of being in disorder; derangement; confusion.

Chrism :: Chrism (n.) Olive oil mixed with balm and spices, consecrated by the bishop on Maundy Thursday, and used in the administration of baptism, confirmation, ordination, etc..

Coordination :: Coordination (n.) The act of coordinating; the act of putting in the same order, class, rank, dignity, etc.; as, the coordination of the executive, the legislative, and the judicial authority in forming a government; the act of regulating and combining so as to produce harmonious results; harmonious adjustment; as, a coordination of functions..

Clergy :: Clergy (n.) The body of men set apart, by due ordination, to the service of God, in the Christian church, in distinction from the laity; in England, usually restricted to the ministers of the Established Church..

Beneficiary :: Beneficiary (a.) Holding some office or valuable possession, in subordination to another; holding under a feudal or other superior; having a dependent and secondary possession..

Subserve :: Subserve (v. t.) To serve in subordination or instrumentally; to be subservient to; to help forward; to promote.

Teacher :: Teacher (n.) One who instructs others in religion; a preacher; a minister of the gospel; sometimes, one who preaches without regular ordination..

Discipline :: Discipline (v. t.) To accustom to regular and systematic action; to bring under control so as to act systematically; to train to act together under orders; to teach subordination to; to form a habit of obedience in; to drill.

Reordination :: Reordination (n.) A second ordination.

Presbyterian :: Presbyterian (n.) One who maintains the validity of ordination and government by presbyters; a member of the Presbyterian church.

Settlement :: Settlement (n.) Establishment in life, in business, condition, etc.; ordination or installation as pastor..

Insubordination :: Insubordination (n.) The quality of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority.

Turbulent :: Turbulent (a.) Disposed to insubordination and disorder; restless; unquiet; refractory; as, turbulent spirits..

Cohere :: Cohere (a.) To be united or connected together in subordination to one purpose; to follow naturally and logically, as the parts of a discourse, or as arguments in a train of reasoning; to be logically consistent..

Ordination :: Ordination (n.) The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders.

Dependency :: Dependency (n.) State of being dependent; dependence; state of being subordinate; subordination; concatenation; connection; reliance; trust.

Impose :: Impose (v. t.) To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination..

Incoordination :: Incoordination (n.) Want of coordination; lack of harmonious adjustment or action.

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