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to order

to order

1 8.4
To make someone a priest or minister
  • verb
  • /ˈɔrdər/
  • Formal
: ordenar

Examples

  • Here is the letter I was ordered to prepare for you.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Washington has ordered me to detain you here for a short period.

  • ...Parkland Hospital here in Dallas, a priest has been ordered.

  • Not only that, he's ordered to rehire these people by the courts.

  • Robert Rubin, ex-Treasury secretary, was ordered to help pay the Indians' attorney fees and expenses.

    Academic text (1999)
  • After capturing Mahile, Lt. Fowler was ordered to move east and investigate a small native mission.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Señor, I'm ordered to present myself before Their Majesties.

  • The pastor was officially ordered to conduct the special service for the community.

  • After much deliberation, the council ordered the new priest to lead the upcoming ceremony.

  • She was ordered by the bishop to take on the role of minister in the new parish.

Synonyms

to name
vsto order
  • Formal
249 2.8

To officially choose someone for a job or position

is specific to clerical roles and religious appointment rather than any job
to anoint
vsto order
  • Formal
38 7.2

To officially choose someone for a job, often as a sign that they have power

is used for official clerical appointment without implying divine selection
to ordain
vsto order
  • Formal
27 7.3

To make someone a priest or minister in a special religious ceremony

is the general term for official clerical appointment without stressing ceremony
to consecrate
vsto order
  • Formal
15 7.4

To make a place or person holy by a ceremony

is about appointing to a clerical office rather than making someone sacred
to ordinate
vsto order
  • Formal
1 9.9

To make someone a priest or church leader

is used for official clerical appointment specifically in certain Christian churches

Antonyms

87 3.3

To remove someone from their job

Idioms

344 1.6

Neatly arranged and ready to use

57 2.1

Not working so you cannot use it, like a machine or toilet

Very quickly without delay

Arrange your personal, money, and legal matters before illness or death

1 7.7

Neat and well organized like a tidy room

Getting your home and things tidy and ready

Phrasal Verbs

24 3.8

Made for a customer to their exact instructions

13 3.9

To officially start a meeting by asking people to be quiet

To ask a store to send goods that are out of stock when they arrive

1 7.8

To hit a small wooden hammer to start a meeting

Arrange your personal, legal and money matters before a serious illness or death

Compounds

court order
  • Formal
135 3.5

An official instruction from a court telling someone to do or stop doing something

40 2.1

Buying things from a catalog and having them sent to your home

A list of items to deal with in a meeting

order of magnitude
  • Specialized
23 5.9

A way to compare how big things are by ten times bigger or smaller

20 5.6

The regular way the physical world follows rules not made by people

gag order
  • Literature
18 7.2

A court rule that stops people from talking about a case to the public

tall order
  • Informal
17 6.9

A task that is very hard to do

14 4.2

How people in a group are arranged by who has more power or status

14 2.8

A paper you buy at a bank or post office that pays a named person a set amount

11 4.2

A rule for meetings or groups that stays in force until changed

9 6.3

A question raised in a formal meeting to show someone may have broken the rules

The main thing people are doing or talking about at a time

8 3.9

Meals that cooks make and serve quickly in places like diners

8 3.4

A request for a quick simple meal in a diner

7 3.2

A written document from a buyer to a seller that lists items, how many of each, and the agreed prices

A group of people who live together, follow special rules, and focus on prayer or service

Created for a customer to match their requests

7 2.7

A small extra dish served with the main meal

6 2.0

A printed or online page you fill to ask for goods and services

5 3.5

An order for goods not in stock that are sent later

postal order
  • Archaic
5 4.8

A paper note bought at a post office that lets a named person collect money

4 2.9

A list of team players showing when each will bat during a game

4 7.9

A court order telling someone to stop a certain action

3 3.9

A list of people or things arranged from most to least important

3 7.4

A religious ceremony that makes someone a priest or minister

3 6.4

A task that is very hard to do

2 2.3

A food or drink brought to you by mistake instead of what you ordered

2 4.3

Agreed steps for running a meeting fairly

An order for goods or services made by phone

word order
  • Specialized
2 1.6

The way words are put in a sentence to show who does what

A way to arrange tasks by how important or urgent they are

2 8.7

A Protestant group in Northern Ireland that holds yearly parades celebrating union with Britain

1 4.4

The way a society is organized and kept peaceful

1 3.5

An order to get goods or services now and pay later

market order
  • Specialized
1 3.6

A request to buy or sell shares immediately at the current price through a broker

1 3.4

A book where a shop writes customers' orders and makes copies for records

A request to buy food and household items for delivery or pick up

1 6.3

A group of Roman Catholic priests and brothers who work in education and missions

Religious people in the Catholic Church who live simply and help the poor, following Saint Francis

1 8.1

An official order that stops a person or group from doing certain things

A book of rules for running meetings and making group decisions

A list of things a meeting will discuss that day

1 7.6

A printed list of items to be discussed in a parliament or assembly that day

stop order
  • Specialized
1 5.8

An instruction to sell or buy shares at a set price to limit losses and protect gains

A community of monks or nuns who live together under religious rules

apple-pie order
  • Informal
1 8.4

A place or situation where things are very clean and neatly arranged

stop-loss order
  • Specialized
1 5.8

An instruction to automatically sell shares when their price falls to a set level to limit loss

order arms
  • Jargon
1 8.6

A command ordering soldiers to hold a rifle vertically at their right side with the end touching the ground

How events follow each other in time

A group of Catholic priests and brothers who follow Saint Dominic and are known for teaching and missionary work

1 3.4

A unique code of letters and numbers for tracking a customer's purchase

A United States military medal that is given to service members wounded or killed in combat

open order
  • Specialized
1 8.0

Soldiers standing with wide spaces between ranks so an officer can walk between them for inspection

close order
  • Specialized
1 7.4

A tight group of soldiers standing or marching together for drill

1 4.2

An official instruction to start making a specific product or amount

A British military medal given to officers for brave service in battle

A group of Catholic monks and priests who follow Saint Augustine's teachings

order Rodentia
  • Specialized
1 6.7

A group of mammals like rats, mice, and squirrels

A group of Roman Catholic people who live together and focus on quiet prayer

order Coleoptera
  • Specialized
1 9.1

A large group of insects that are beetles with hard front wings covering their flying wings

order Chiroptera
  • Specialized
1 8.1

A group of mammals that includes all bats, like fruit bats and insect-eating bats

close-order drill
  • Specialized
1 8.4

Soldiers march shoulder to shoulder in a set formation for parades

A Roman Catholic group of religious people who live in monasteries and pray and study

animal order
  • Specialized
1 5.8

A group of related animals larger than a family and smaller than a class

order book
  • Formal
1 4.1

A list of activities planned for a meeting that shows their order

order Carnivora
  • Specialized
1 5.6

A large group of mammals like cats, dogs, and bears

daily order
  • Formal
1 7.1

An instruction that a military leader gives every day to people under their command

order Anura
  • Specialized
1 8.8

A group of animals that includes all frogs and toads

marching order
  • Specialized
1 6.3

The equipment and uniform soldiers wear when they march

order Caudata
  • Specialized
1 8.6

A group of amphibians like salamanders and newts with long tails

order Embioptera
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A group of insects that spin silk with their front legs to make small tunnels

Ionic order
  • Specialized
1 9.3

A Greek column style with spiral scrolls on top

order Ephemeroptera
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A group of insects like mayflies with thin transparent wings and young that live in water

Surface Forms

order infinitive
ordered past
ordered past participle
ordering present participle
orders third person singular

Etymology

The verb order meaning to appoint someone in the church comes from Latin ordinare 'to put in order' and is close to ordain, so to be ordered (or ordained) is to be placed into a set rank or role in the clergy.