to order
- verb
- /ˈɔrdər/
- Formal
Examples
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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.
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...Parkland Hospital here in Dallas, a priest has been ordered.
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Not only that, he's ordered to rehire these people by the courts.
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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.
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The pastor was officially ordered to conduct the special service for the community.
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After much deliberation, the council ordered the new priest to lead the upcoming ceremony.
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She was ordered by the bishop to take on the role of minister in the new parish.
Synonyms
To officially choose someone for a job or position
To make someone a priest or minister in a special religious ceremony
To make a place or person holy by a ceremony
To officially choose someone for a job, often as a sign that they have power
To make someone a priest or church leader
Antonyms
Idioms
- Formal
Arrange your personal, money, and legal matters before illness or death
Phrasal Verbs
Arrange your personal, legal and money matters before a serious illness or death
Compounds
- Formal
An official instruction from a court telling someone to do or stop doing something
- Specialized
A way to compare how big things are by ten times bigger or smaller
- US
A paper you buy at a bank or post office that pays a named person a set amount
- Formal
A question raised in a formal meeting to show someone may have broken the rules
A group of people who live together, follow special rules, and focus on prayer or service
- Formal
A written document from a buyer to a seller that lists items, how many of each, and the agreed prices
- Archaic
A paper note bought at a post office that lets a named person collect money
A Protestant group in Northern Ireland that holds yearly parades celebrating union with Britain
- Specialized
A request to buy or sell shares immediately at the current price through a broker
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
Religious people in the Catholic Church who live simply and help the poor, following Saint Francis
A group of Roman Catholic priests and brothers who work in education and missions
- Formal
A book of rules for running meetings and making group decisions
- Jargon
A command ordering soldiers to hold a rifle vertically at their right side with the end touching the ground
- Specialized
A large group of insects that are beetles with hard front wings covering their flying wings
- Specialized
A group of mammals that includes all bats, like fruit bats and insect-eating bats
- Formal
A United States military medal that is given to service members wounded or killed in combat
- Specialized
An instruction to sell or buy shares at a set price to limit losses and protect gains
- Specialized
An instruction to automatically sell shares when their price falls to a set level to limit loss
A Roman Catholic group of religious people who live in monasteries and pray and study
- Specialized
Soldiers march shoulder to shoulder in a set formation for parades
- Specialized
An ancient Roman column style combining Ionic scrolls and Corinthian leaves
- Specialized
A style of ancient Greek columns that have decorated leaf-shaped tops
- Formal
An instruction that a military leader gives every day to people under their command
A group of Catholic priests and brothers who follow Saint Dominic and are known for teaching and missionary work
- Specialized
A simple ancient Greek style of building with thick columns that have no bases and plain tops
- Specialized
A group of related animals larger than a family and smaller than a class
- Specialized
Soldiers spread far apart to avoid enemy fire and move across rough ground
- Specialized
The relationship between two things measured after keeping one other thing the same
Surface Forms
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.