Royal Victorian Order

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noun

(in Britain) an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1896, membership of which is conferred for special services to the sovereignAbbreviation: VO

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Now this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
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Turn away from sin and order thy hands aright, and cleanse thy heart from all offence.
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Yet if there is a measure of untruth in such pretty flatteries, one needs to be superhuman in order to condemn them harshly.
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