ordo

Plural: ordines, ordos

Noun

• A calendar or set of directions for religious services.
• A musical phrase constructed from one or more statements of one modal pattern and ending in a rest.
• A calendar which prescribes the Mass and office which is to be celebrated each day.
• A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below classis and above familia.
• an established civil body or corporation with a hierarchy

Examples

• Before each tournament, the Scrabble players reviewed their "ordo" of acceptable two-letter words.

Synonyms

order

Related Words

coordinate, coordination, foreordination, insubordination, ordain, order, ordinal, ordinance, ordinary, ordinate, ordination, ordnance, ordo salutis, pontifical, postordination, preordination, reordination, subordinate, subordination, superordination