ordo
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Etymology
Origin of ordo
1840–50; < Medieval Latin ōrdō, Latin: series, row, order
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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
Show them that this and only this is the ordo traditionis, quam tradiderunt Apostoli iis quibus committebant ecclesias, and which we should have been bound to follow, says Irenaeus, si neque Apostoli quidem Scripturas reliquissent.
From Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit and Some Miscellaneous Pieces by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
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 Richardson, David Lester
To the naturæ rationabiles, which have different species and ordines, human souls also belong.
From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Buchanan, Neil
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 White, Gilbert
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