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ordo

ordo

1 9.9
A level in the classification of living things between class and family
  • noun
  • /ˈɔrdəʊ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : orden
  • The ancient texts describe an ordo that organizes the different tribes according to their customs and roles.
  • ordo disciplinae

Actually what it's translating here is Ratzio reason and order or ordinae ordo.

Examples

  • It proceeds according to ordo disciplinae or ordo doctrinae, the order of learning and teaching.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Novus Ordo Seclorum means a "New Order of the Ages."

    Blog text (6)
  • Their new motto is Ordo Ab Chao.

    Blog text (9)
  • Accomplishment of the goal required a new science of politics and a novus ordo seclorum.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The statement in Latin is "NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM," translated to English, it reads "A NEW SECULAR ORDER."

    Blog text (6)
  • Juan Manuel's design disappears when these tales are added, and his collection is copied into a new book with a new ordo.

    Academic text (2003)
  • That is to say, we can begin to think not just of a perfect city in speech, but one also in fact, in deed—though one established and ruled according to the norms of the new philosophy of order, the novus ordo.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The scientists proposed a new ordo for classifying species based on their genetic similarities.

  • In the study of taxonomy, each species is assigned to a specific ordo reflecting its evolutionary relationships.

Synonyms

order
vsordo
  • Specialized
66 7.5

A group of related animal or plant families in science

is a Latin term used broadly in scientific and historical classifications beyond biology
animal order
vsordo
  • Specialized
5.8

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

is a Latin term used across scientific and historical classifications beyond specific branches

Antonyms

31 3.7

A state in which things or places are not arranged

Surface Forms

ordo singular
ordos plural

Etymology

The word ordo comes from the Latin ordo meaning 'order' or 'row', and you can remember the taxonomic ordo as a neat 'order' that puts related species into one group between class and family.