Ordinance (Latter Day Saints)
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In the Latter Day Saint movement, an ordinance is a sacred rite or ceremony that has spiritual and symbolic meanings and act as a means of conveying divine grace. Ordinances are physical acts which signify or symbolize an underlying spiritual act; for some ordinances, the spiritual act is the finalization of a covenant between the ordinance recipient and God.
Robes of the Nauvoo endowment, c. 1870s
Baptismal font in the Salt Lake Temple, c. 1912, where baptisms for the dead are performed by the LDS Church
Image: LDS Baptism Panama
Image: LDS Baptism Panama
Latter Day Saint movement
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The Latter Day Saint movement is the collection of independent church groups that trace their origins to a Christian Restorationist movement founded by Joseph Smith in the late 1820s.
The Book of Mormon