n. 1. The act of coordinating; the act of putting in the same order, class, rank, dignity, etc.; as, the coordination of the executive, the legislative, and the judicial authority in forming a government; the act of regulating and combining so as to produce harmonious results; harmonious adjustment; as, a coordination of functions. “Coordination of muscular movement by the cerebellum.” Carpenter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being coordinate, or of equal rank, dignity, power, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

In this high court of parliament, there is a rare coordination of power. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. deordinatio depraved morality. ] Disorder; dissoluteness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Excess of riot and deordination. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being in disorder; derangement; confusion. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.

n. Lack of coördination; lack of harmonious adjustment or action. [ 1913 Webster ]

Incoördination of muscular movement (Physiol.), irregularity in movements resulting from inharmonious action of the muscles in consequence of loss of voluntary control over them. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inordinatio. ] Deviation from custom, rule, or right; irregularity; inordinacy. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every inordination of religion that is not in defect, is properly called superstition. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. insubordination. ] The quality of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Wrong ordination. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ordinatio: cf. F. ordination. ] 1. The act of ordaining, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

The holy and wise ordination of God. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Virtue and vice have a natural ordination to the happiness and misery of life respectively. Norris. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.) The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Disposition; arrangement; order. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Angle of ordination (Geom.), the angle between the axes of coordinates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. préordination. ] The act of foreordaining: previous determination. “The preordination of God.” Bale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A second ordination. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. subordination. ] 1. The act of subordinating, placing in a lower order, or subjecting. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality or state of being subordinate or inferior to an other; inferiority of rank or dignity; subjection. [ 1913 Webster ]

Natural creature having a local subordination. Holyday. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Place of inferior rank. [ 1913 Webster ]

Persons who in their several subordinations would be obliged to follow the example of their superiors. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. super- + ordination: cf. L. superordinatio. ] The ordination of a person to fill a station already occupied; especially, the ordination by an ecclesiastical official, during his lifetime, of his successor. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]