order, ordre

[Fr. ordre (O. Fr. ordene, ordine), from Lat. ordinem, acc us. of ordo =order; Sp. orden; Ital. ordine.] IMG:content-0352.png:[blocks in formation] 4. Absence of confusion or disturbance; tranquillity; freedom from disorder or tumult; regular government; as, to keep order at a meeting. Order is used alone as an exclamation to call the attention of a speaker or member of an a embly or meeting to the fact that he is transgre ing the rules of debate or otherwise out of order. "Then there was a cry of order ; and he was threatened with the serjeant and the Tower." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xxiv. 5. A rule, a regulation; as, a standing order . [(11).] 6. A precept, a mandate; a direction, whether verbal or written. "They have already order This night to play before him." 7. Specifically: Shakesp.: Hamlet , iii. 1. (1) A direction, demand, or instruction to supply goods, to make purchases, .; a commi ion. (2) A direction, written or printed, or partly written and partly printed, to pay money; as, a post-office order for five dollars. (3) A ticket of admi ion to a place of entertainment, .; a free pa ; as, an order for a theater. 8. A cla , a rank, a degree. "The king commanded the high priest and the priests of the second order , to bring forth out of the temple all the ve els." -2 Kings xxiii. 4. 9. A body of men of the same rank or profe ion, constituting a separate or distinct cla of the community. "Find a barefoot brother out, One of our order." Shakesp.: Romeo and Juliet , iii. 3. priests, and were the ministers of Confirmation and Order; and (8) that bishops appointed by the Roman Pontiffs were true and legitimate bishops. The doctrine of Apostolical Succe ion is a nece ary deduction from the view that Order is a Sac rament. (2) ( Pl .): In the Roman Church Orders are divided into two cla es: Sacred, or Major, and Minor Orders (see these words). Some theologians regard the episcopate as the completion and extension of the priesthood, while others consider it a separate order. In the East the number of orders has varied at different times, but in the Greek, Coptic, and Nestor i an Churches the orders recognized are those of bishop, priest, deacon, subdeacon, and reader. Anglicans acknowledge three: bishops, priests, and deacons. The validity of Anglican Orders is denied by the Roman Church. English clerics entering that church, and wishing to become priests, must be ordained by a Roman Bishop. 3. Geom.: Rank or cla . In analysis, magnitudes are cla ed into orders, depending upon the degree of their equations. All algebraic magnitudes whose equations are of the first degree are of the first order; those whose equations are of the second, third, ., degrees, are respectively of the second, third, ., orders. 4. Nat . Science : The designation given to the division immediately below a cla or sub-cla and next above a tribe or a family. [NATURAL-ORDER.] 5. Rhet.: The placing of words and members in a sentence in such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty of expre ion, or to the clear illustration of the subject. (1) Close order : Mil .: Said of the ranks when drawn up at the distance of one pace between each other. (2) General orders : Mil.: The orders or notices i ued by a commander-in-chief to the troops under his command. (3) In order: ( a ) In proper, fit, or normal state or condition. (b) With a view; for the purpose; to the end. (4) Open order: Mil.: Said of the ranks when drawn up at the distance of two paces betwean each other. (5) Order of battle: Mil.: The disposition of troops according to the nature of the ground, and other circumstances, for the purpose of engaging an enemy, either in attack or defense. (6) Order of curves: [ORDER, s., II. 3.] (7) Order of the day: (a) Parl .: A phrase in common use in both houses of congre , also in the various state legislatures and other bodies that are governed by parliamentary rules, expre ing the busine set down for debate on a particular day in the minutes or votes. (b) Mil .: Specific commands or notices i ued by a superior officer to the troops under his command. (8) Religious Orders : Eccles . & Church Hist .: The name Order is popularly given to all a ociations of a monastic char orderline simple, and for the erection of which the consent of the Ordinary alone is nece ary. The term Order did not come into use till the tenth century, when offshoots from the Benedictines first appeared, and grew into such communities as those of Citeaux, Cluny, and La Chartreuse, where modifications of the Benedictine rule were practiced. Next in importance come the Mendicant Orders and the Jesuits, the Hieronymites, the Minims, The a tines, Capuchins, and Barn a bites. (See these words.) (9) Sailing orders: Naut.: The final instructions given to government ve els. (10) Standing orders: Parl.: Certain rules and regulations laid down for the transaction of busine in a parliamentary body. They must always be followed unle suspended temporarily by a special vote. (11) To give order: (a) To direct, to command; to i ue an order or command. "Give order to my servants." Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice, v. (b) To give directions; to prescribe the arrangement, disposition, or management of. "Give order for my funeral." Shakesp.: Henry IV., Pt . I. , ii. 5. *(12) To take order : To make the nece ary disposition or arrangements; to take steps or measures. "I will take order for her keeping close." Shakesp.: Richard III., iv. 2. (13) To take orders : To become a cleric; to devote one's self to the work of the ministry. "Though he never could be persuaded to take orders, theology was his favorite study." Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xiv.