Order

Sr'der, n. Regular arrangement; any method- ical or established succe ion a sound or proper condition normal state customary mode of proced-'-'; regular government; general tranquillity; a re^ —ation; standing rule; a particular injunction; command; mandate; nece ary measures or care; a commi ion to make purchases or supply goods; a direction, in writing, to pay money; a number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative -ition esp., a rank or cla in society; a privileged or dignified grade; a cla of men so closelv linked together that they form a sepsun, cube, full; moon, ^ot cow oil; finger ORE arate cla in the community. (Episc. Ch.) The rank of deacon, priest, or bishop, — often used in (Arch.) One of the 5 principal methods recognized by the ancients for ornamenting the columns of an edifice (Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite see Capital). (Zobl.) One of the well marked divisions of a cla , including families and genera. (Bot.) A group of allied individuals, more comprehensive than a genus. (Rhet.) The placing of words and members in a sentence so as to contribute to force, beauty, and clearne of expre ion. — v. [ordered (-derd), -derixg.] To put in order, reduce to methodical arrangement, systematize, adjust to manage, conduct, regulate; to command, direct, bid. — To give command or direction. [ME. and F. ordre, OF. ordene, ordine, L. ordo, ordinis, order, arrangement: perh. L. oriri, to arise, originate see ORIGHT; disorder, inordinate, subordinate, etc.] — Or'derer, n. — Or'dering, n. Disposition distribution management. — 0r~- derle , a. Without order or regularity; disorderly; out of rule. — Or^derly, -der-ll, a. Conformed to order methodical regular observant of order, method, or rule; quiet; peaceable; well-regulated; systematic; regular; methodical; being on duty. adv. According to due order: regularly. — n. (Mil.) A non-commi ioned officer who attends a superior officer for the purpose of bearing orders or rendering service.— Ordain'', -dan', v. [-daixed (-dand'), -daixixg.] To set in order, regulate, establish; to appoint, decree, enact to set apart for an office, esp., to invest with ministerial or sacerdotal functions. [ME. ordeynen, OF. ordener, L. ord in are, -atum, fr. ordo.] — Ordain'able, a. Capable, or worthy to be ordained or appointed. — Ordaiu'er, n. — Or dinar tion, n. Act of ordaining; esp., the act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; state of being ordained or appointed; tendency. Or'dinal. -dl-nal, a. Indicating the established order or succe ion, —n. A number noting order; a book containing the service prescribed in the Eng. church, — for the ordination of deacons, etc. [L. ordinal is.) Or'dinance, -dT-nans, n. An ordaining or establishing by authority; appointment; a rule established bv authority; a statute; law; edict: decree; rescript. (Eccl.) An established rite or ceremony. DIE. and — OF. ordenance, LL. ordinant i a, L. ord in are.] Ordinance, n. Heavy weapons of warfare, — cannon, mortars, and howitzers artillery. [F., orig. applied to the regulated bore or caliber of the gun.] — Or'donnance, -don-nans, n. (Fine Arts.) The disposition of the parts either in regard to the whole piece or to the several parts. [F., a later form of OF. ordenance.] — Or'dinary. -dl-na-rt, a. According to established order methodical regular of common rank usual of merit plain not handsome, —n. (Civil Law.) An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right, and not by deputation. (Eng. Law.) One who has immediate jurisdiction in matters ecclesiastical; an ecclesiastical judge. (Am. Law.) A judicial officer, having generally the powers of a judge of probate or surrogate. A dining-room where there is a fixed price for the meal; meal furnished at such a dining-room. (Xaval.) The establishment of the shipping not in actual service, but laid up under the charge of officers. (Her.) A portion of the escutcheon comprised between straight or other lines. [F. ordinaire (a. and n.), L. ordinar i us, regular, also an overseer, ordo.] — Or'dinarily. adv. According to estab- — lished rules; commonly; usually; on the average. Or'ttinaryship, n. Office of an ordinary. — Or'nary, -na-rT, a. Worthle vicious irreclaimably bad. [Prob. corrup. of ordinary, — a local Amer. vulgarism.] — Or'dinate, -dT-nat, a. Regular; methodical. — n.( Geom.) The distance of any point in a curve measured on a line called the axis of ordinates, or on a line parallel to from another line called the axis of absci as, on which the corresponding absci a of the point measured. [L. ord in at us, p. p. of ord in are.]