Ordination

From Latin, ordo, meaning "order." Ordination is one of the five sacramental acts (or minor sacraments) of the Anglican Church. At an ordination, an individual is commissioned and empowered for the work of ministry. Ordination is the ritual used to make someone a priest or deacon, or part of a "religious order", by the laying on of hands by a bishop. Bishops, in turn, are not ordained; they are consecrated.

See: Holy Orders