ordo
noun
a booklet containing short and abbreviated directions for the contents of the office and Mass of each day in the year.
ordines
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pluralof ordo.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Lysander, when ambassadors came to see him, bragged of nothing more than of his orchard, hi sunt ordines mei.
From Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden by David Lester Richardson
Scopoli's characters of his ordines and genera are clear, just, and expressive, and much in the spirit of Linnaeus.
From The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White
To the naturæ rationabiles, which have different species and ordines, human souls also belong.
From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Neil Buchanan
