reordination

American  

[ree-awr-dn-ey-shuhn] / ˌri ɔr dnˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

1. a second ordination.

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

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

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

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Etymology

Origin of reordination

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

Example Sentences

As it is, a candidate for reordination as a Catholic priest must undergo an arduous process.

From Time Magazine Archive

Recalled a convert who had earned $50,000 a year in the Episcopal clergy: "I went into debt and lost my credit rating" while awaiting reordination.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nor does the money flow in after reordination.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the matter of installation into a new office of an elder, previously ordained, churches are to exercise the right of individual judgment and of preference as to reordination.

From The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut by Greene, Maria Louise

Then it was provided that any minister who had been ordained after the Presbyterian fashion might, without reordination, acquire all the privileges of a priest of the Established Church.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron