ordo

American  

[awr-doh] / ˈɔr doʊ /

noun

• ordines
  plural

1. Roman Catholic Church. a booklet containing short and abbreviated directions for the contents of the office and Mass of each day in the year.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• ordines
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of ordo

1840–50; < Medieval Latin ōrdō, Latin: series, row, order

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Example Sentences

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ordo ordines

Martin and Lewis created a novus ordo seclorum, in its way innovating like America’s founders, spawning a new comedic order of the ages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026

The Confederacy, in their eyes, represented the “vetus ordo seclorum” — the Old World Order.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2025

It’s one of the greatest inventions of all time, and just like it says on the dollar bill – novus ordo seclorum – it created an entirely new order in human affairs.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 17, 2016

Parishioners of a Novus ordo parish closure might easily find another ‘home’ nearby; but what of you?

From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2014

In this, beau sire," answered Hastings, "you speak as a king and a warrior should, and I will do my best to assert your royal motto,— 'Modus et ordo.'

From The Last of the Barons — Volume 07 by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton

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

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

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