Architecture b. Ecclesiastical Terms Christianitya. Christian minister. Ecclesiastical Terms a form of Christian Church service prescribed to be used on specific occasions. Judaism Judaism one of the six sections of the Mishna or the corresponding tractates of the Talmud. Mathematics mathsa. Military the order military the dress, equipment, or formation directed for a particular purpose or undertaking drill order battle order. Commerce on order having been ordered or commissioned but not having been delivered. Commerce to request something to be supplied or made, esp in return for payment he ordered a hamburger. Government, Politics Diplomacy an exclamation of protest against an infringement of established procedure. C1. 3 from Old French ordre, from Latin ordorderernorderlessadjorder r dr n. The old order is changing. Opus Chords Sans Font Family. Math. a. degree, as in algebra. Biol. the usual major subdivision of a class or subclass in the classification of organisms, consisting of one or more families. Franciscan order. Compare angel def. Archit. a. an arrangement of columns with an entablature. Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, and Composite styles. Christian minister. Usu., orders. the rite or sacrament of ordination. Knights Templars. She ordered them out of her house. Math. to arrange the elements of a set so that if one element precedes another, it cannot be preceded by the other or by elements that the other precedes. Idioms 1. call to order, to begin a meeting. An apology is certainly in order. Middle English ordre lt Old French lt Latin rdinem, acc.