reordination
[ ree-awr-dn-ey-shuhn ]
noun
a second ordination.
Roman Catholic Church. the ordination of a priest whose first orders have been held invalid.
Ecclesiastical. the second ordination of a priest whose first orders were received from another church.
the sacrament elevating a deacon, priest, or bishop to a higher grade or order.
Origin of reordination
1First recorded in 1590–1600, reordination is from the Medieval Latin word reōrdinātiōn- (stem of reōrdinātiō). See re-, ordination
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