ordination ceremony
Priestly investiture rite
An ordination ceremony is a religious rite that confers clergy status on a person, formally authorizing them to perform sacred duties.
Different traditions have different requirements and rituals—laying on of hands, anointing, vows—but all mark the transition from layperson to minister, priest, rabbi, or other religious office: The bishop presided over the ordination ceremony.
- callingStrongly felt purpose
- priesthoodOrdained religious office
- seminary trainingReligious vocation education
- altarSacred ritual table
- altar boyYouth assisting at services
consecration · congregation · house of worship · ministry · diaconate · clergy · officiants · holy oil · chalice · liturgy · church service · sacrament · religious rite · vestments · mitre · laying on of hands · laity · anointing
ordination ceremonygraduation ceremony
Formal academic completion event
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