| Order |
n. |
Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system |
| Order |
n. |
Of material things, like the books in a library. |
| Order |
n. |
Of intellectual notions or ideas, like the topics of a discource. |
| Order |
n. |
Of periods of time or occurrences, and the like. |
| Order |
n. |
Right arrangement; a normal, correct, or fit condition; as, the house is in order; the machinery is out of order. |
| Order |
n. |
The customary mode of procedure; established system, as in the conduct of debates or the transaction of business; usage; custom; fashion. |
| Order |
n. |
Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet; as, to preserve order in a community or an assembly. |
| Order |
n. |
That which prescribes a method of procedure; a rule or regulation made by competent authority; as, the rules and orders of the senate. |
| Order |
n. |
A command; a mandate; a precept; a direction. |
| Order |
n. |
Hence: A commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods; a direction, in writing, to pay money, to furnish supplies, to admit to a building, a place of entertainment, or the like; as, orders for blankets are large. |
| Order |
n. |
A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a group or division of men in the same social or other position; also, a distinct character, kind, or sort; as, the higher or lower orders of society; talent of a high order. |
| Order |
n. |
A body of persons having some common honorary distinction or rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons or aggregate of convents living under a common rule; as, the Order of the Bath; the Franciscan order. |
| Order |
n. |
An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or bishop; the office of the Christian ministry;
often used in the plural; as, to take orders, or to take holy orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry. |
| Order |
n. |
The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (as the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural designing. |
| Order |
n. |
An assemblage of genera having certain important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and Insectivora are orders of Mammalia. |
| Order |
n. |
The placing of words and members in a sentence in such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty or clearness of expression. |
| Order |
n. |
Rank; degree; thus, the order of a curve or surface is the same as the degree of its equation. |
| Order |
n. |
To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to arrange in a series, or with reference to an end. Hence, to regulate; to dispose; to direct; to rule. |
| Order |
n. |
To give an order to; to command; as, to order troops to advance. |
| Order |
n. |
To give an order for; to secure by an order; as, to order a carriage; to order groceries. |
| Order |
n. |
To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry. |
| Order |
v. i. |
To give orders; to issue commands. |
| Orderable |
a. |
Capable of being ordered; tractable. |
| Ordered |
imp. & p. p. |
of Order |
| Orderer |
n. |
One who puts in order, arranges, methodizes, or regulates. |
| Orderer |
n. |
One who gives orders. |
| Ordering |
p pr. & vb. n. |
of Order |
| Ordering |
n. |
Disposition; distribution; management. |
| Orderless |
a. |
Being without order or regularity; disorderly; out of rule. |
| Orderlies |
pl. |
of Orderly |
| Orderliness |
n. |
The state or quality of being orderly. |
| Orderly |
a. |
Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan. |
| Orderly |
a. |
Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly community. |
| Orderly |
a. |
Performed in good or established order; well-regulated. |
| Orderly |
a. |
Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders. |
| Orderly |
adv. |
According to due order; regularly; methodically; duly. |
| Orderly |
n. |
A noncommissioned officer or soldier who attends a superior officer to carry his orders, or to render other service. |
| Orderly |
n. |
A street sweeper. |
