reordination

[ ree-awr-dn-ey-shuhn ]

noun
  1. a second ordination.

  2. Roman Catholic Church. the ordination of a priest whose first orders have been held invalid.

  1. Ecclesiastical. the second ordination of a priest whose first orders were received from another church.

  2. the sacrament elevating a deacon, priest, or bishop to a higher grade or order.

Origin of reordination

1
First recorded in 1590–1600, reordination is from the Medieval Latin word reōrdinātiōn- (stem of reōrdinātiō). See re-, ordination

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