ORDER

(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed

Example: "The british ships dropped anchor and waited for orders from london"

(usually plural) the status or rank or office of a christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy

Example: "Theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate order"

A degree in a continuum of size or quantity

Example: "It was on the order of a mile"

Established customary state (especially of society)

Example: "Order ruled in the streets"

Logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements

Example: "We shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"

A condition of regular or proper arrangement

Example: "He put his desk in order"

A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)

Example: "A friend in new mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"

A commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities

Example: "Ibm received an order for a hundred computers"

A formal association of people with similar interests

Example: "He joined a golf club"

A body of rules followed by an assembly

A group of person living under a religious rule

Example: "The order of saint benedict"

(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families

A request for something to be made, supplied, or served

Example: "I gave the waiter my order"

(architecture) one of original three styles of greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the romans

The act of putting things in a sequential arrangement

Example: "There were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"