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

Ministration :: Ministration (n.) The act of ministering; service; ministry.

Examination :: Examination (n.) A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry..

Ministery :: Ministery (n.) See Ministry.

Underministry :: Underministry (n.) A subordinate or inferior ministry.

Ecclesiastic :: Ecclesiastic (n.) A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest..

Order :: Order (n.) To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.

Plymouth Brethren :: Plymouth Brethren () The members of a religious sect which first appeared at Plymouth, England, about 1830. They protest against sectarianism, and reject all official ministry or clergy. Also called Brethren, Christian Brethren, Plymouthists, etc. The Darbyites are a division of the Brethren..

Sultan :: Sulpician (n.) One of an order of priests established in France in 1642 to educate men for the ministry. The order was introduced soon afterwards into Canada, and in 1791 into the United States..

Seeker :: Seeker (n.) One of a small heterogeneous sect of the 17th century, in Great Britain, who professed to be seeking the true church, ministry, and sacraments..

Ministry :: Ministry (n.) The body of ministers of state; also, the clergy, as a body..

Ministry :: Ministry (n.) Administration; rule; term in power; as, the ministry of Pitt..

Bishop :: Bishop (n.) In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see..

Deaconship :: Deaconship (n.) The office or ministry of a deacon or deaconess.

Vocation :: Vocation (n.) A call to special religious work, as to the ministry..

Attendance :: Attendance (v. t.) The act of attending; state of being in waiting; service; ministry; the fact of being present; presence.

Presbyter :: Presbyter (n.) One ordained to the second order in the ministry; -- called also priest.

Ministry :: Ministry (n.) Agency; instrumentality.

Call :: Call (v. t.) To summon to the discharge of a particular duty; to designate for an office, or employment, especially of a religious character; -- often used of a divine summons; as, to be called to the ministry; sometimes, to invite; as, to call a minister to be the pastor of a church..

Ordain :: Ordain (v. t.) To invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions; to introduce into the office of the Christian ministry, by the laying on of hands, or other forms; to set apart by the ceremony of ordination..

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