Philosophers debated whether different cultures recognize the same ordinalities when organizing social hierarchies.

She spent the afternoon ordinating the files to match the new indexing system.

The files were labeled ordinally to reflect their sequence.

The archivist annotated the charter's reference to ordines to clarify that it meant religious orders rather than mere ranks.

The ordinative council convened to deliberate the proper candidates for ordination.

The ancient ordinator issued a decree that reshaped the village's laws.

In the medieval chapter, several candidates were considered ordinable only after long examinations.

In her article, she defended ordinalism as a necessary property for comparing alternatives in decision theory.

The archbishop questioned the candidate's ordinability, noting that the term—now obsolete—once referred to the capability of being ordained or appointed.

The council appointed several ordinators to oversee the temple ceremonies.