ORDINATION OF OMEN, ONUS AND OBIT

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  • Ordination: the process by which individuals are consecrated
  • Ordination: logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
  • Omen, onus and obit: The Roman triumvirate
    • Omen: Octavius, who went on to become Augustus Caesar, the first Emperor of Rome
    • Onus: Lapidus, who was a weak figurehead member of the triumvirate
    • Obit: Mark Antony, who ultimately rebelled against Octavius, was defeated, and committed suicide
  • The Roman Catholic triumvirate: the ordination of omen: interpreting the will of the gods, fate or destiny; onus: Original Sin, fault, guilt, responsibility; and obit: death.