| ordeal | (noun) a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence | Synonyms: trial by ordeal |
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| (noun) a severe or trying experience | - |
| order | (noun) the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement | Synonyms: ordering |
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| (noun) (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 | - |
| (noun) a degree in a continuum of size or quantity | Synonyms: order of magnitude |
| (noun) a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) | Synonyms: decree, edict, fiat, rescript |
| (noun) a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities | Synonyms: purchase order |
| (noun) a body of rules followed by an assembly | Synonyms: parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure, rules of order |
| (noun) (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed | - |
| (noun) a request for something to be made, supplied, or served | - |
| (noun) logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements | Synonyms: ordering, ordination |
| (noun) (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families | - |
| (noun) a formal association of people with similar interests | Synonyms: club, gild, guild, lodge, social club, society |
| (noun) a group of person living under a religious rule | Synonyms: monastic order |
| (noun) established customary state (especially of society) | - |
| (noun) a condition of regular or proper arrangement | Synonyms: orderliness |
| (verb) bring order to or into | - |
| (verb) place in a certain order | - |
| (verb) assign a rank or rating to | Synonyms: grade, place, range, rank, rate |
| (verb) arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events | Synonyms: arrange, put, set up |
| (verb) make a request for something | - |
| (verb) give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority | Synonyms: enjoin, say, tell |
| (verb) issue commands or orders for | Synonyms: dictate, prescribe |
| (verb) bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations | Synonyms: govern, regularise, regularize, regulate |
| (verb) appoint to a clerical posts | Synonyms: consecrate, ordain, ordinate |
| ordered | (adjective) having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule | - |
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| (adjective) disposed or placed in a particular kind of order | Synonyms: arranged |
| (adjective) marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts | Synonyms: coherent, consistent, logical |
| orderer | (noun) an organizer who puts things in order | Synonyms: systematiser, systematist, systematizer, systemiser, systemizer |
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| (noun) someone who places an order to buy | - |
| ordering | (noun) the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement | Synonyms: order |
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| (noun) logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements | Synonyms: order, ordination |
| orderliness | (noun) the quality of appreciating method and system | Synonyms: methodicalness |
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| (noun) a condition of regular or proper arrangement | Synonyms: order |
| orderly | (adjective) devoid of violence or disruption | - |
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| (adjective) clean or organized | Synonyms: neat |
| (noun) a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients | Synonyms: hospital attendant |
| (noun) a soldier who serves as an attendant to a superior officer | - |