noun
- the formal admission of a cleric into a diocese or religious order
Usage: ecclesiastical
Examples
- The bishop approved the priest’s incardination into the diocese.
- His incardination ceremony took place at the cathedral.
- The process of incardination requires extensive documentation.
- After incardination, he could serve parishes within the diocese.
- The Vatican reviewed his request for incardination.
- Incardination establishes a permanent relationship between clergy and diocese.