orders

/ (ˈɔːdəz) /

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pl n

short for holy orders

in holy orders or in orders ordained

take holy orders or take orders to become ordained

short for major orders, minor orders

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order of the day, Order of the Garter, Order of the Thistle, order paper, order port, orders, order someone about, ordinal, ordinal number, ordinal numbers, ordinal scale

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How to use orders in a sentence

I learned that he was working and living in the Lower East Side, delivering orders for an Italian restaurant and raising two kids.
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This courageous act earned him a late-night knock on the door with orders for Serna to vamos from Cuba.
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He orders a toasted bagel and asks to charge it to a room he is certainly not staying in.
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Five months in, thousands of orders fulfilled, six days before Cyber Monday.
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Francis then supposedly told the officer that he was the one giving orders now and ordered a cappuccino for the Swiss soldier.
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In nine days he returned, bringing us the thanks of congress, and fresh orders.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
There he gave orders for the car to be put into running condition for the following morning, and returned to the hotel.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
But it was not only as an organiser and transmitter of orders that Berthier proved his usefulness to his chief.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
In case that they would not abandon the religion which they preached, the officials of Masamune commenced to execute their orders.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
A royal decree (December 31, 1622) orders the Dominicans in the Philippines not to meddle in affairs of government.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various

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