reordination

noun

re·​ordination

(¦)rē+

: a second or repeated ordination

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin reordination-, reordinatio, from reordinatus (past participle of reordinare to ordain again, from Latin re- + Late Latin ordinare to ordain) + Latin -ion-, -io -ion

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