tahbisan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed tahbis +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /tahˈbisan/ [t̪ahˈbi.san]
• Rhymes: -isan
• Syllabification: tah‧bi‧san

Noun

tahbisan (plural tahbisan-tahbisan)

1. (Catholicism) ordination: the ceremony in which a priest is consecrated, considered a sacrament in the Catholic and Orthodox churches.

Further reading

• “tahbisan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.