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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Vitruvius|origins=la ōrdō}}
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''ōrdinātiō''' ''f'' (genitive ōrdinātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|ōrdinō|-tiō|t1=to arrange]], from [[ōrdō]] “row, order”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan reconstructs ⟨ōrdō⟩ as Proto-Italic ⟨*ord-n-⟩ “row, order”, perhaps from [[ine-pro|*h₂or-d-]], and notes that its original denominative was [[ōrnō]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is Vitruvius, of arrangement.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Vitruvius c. 84–c. 25 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant arranging things in their proper positions, arrangement, as in Vitruvius and Columella; putting in order, organization, as in Pliny; and in Quintilian a prescribing of what should be done, and the appointment of officials.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means ordination, ordinance, decree, system.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used it for the installation of a priest or bishop, ordination, and for election.^(Niermeyer 1976) It survives as Spanish ''ordenación'' and Italian ''ordinazione'', and German ''Ordination'' is from it.^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it of arrangement.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny uses it of organization.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it of appointment.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # [[m|en|arrangement|alt=Arrangement]], disposition.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
+ # Putting in order, [[m|en|organization]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # Prescription; appointment (of officials).^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' [[m|en|ordination|alt=Ordination]]; an [[m|en|ordinance]].^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[inōrdinātiō]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[ōrdinō]]
+ * [[ōrdō]]
+ * [[ōrdinātor]]
+ * [[en|ordination]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}