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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>ORCUS</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="orcus"> Orcus, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Roman Mythology.) <DD> 1. the abode of the dead; Hades. <DD> 2. the god of the abode of the dead; Pluto. </DL> <A NAME="ord"> ord.,<DL COMPACT><DD> an abbreviation for the following: <DD> 1. ordained. <DD> 2. order. <DD> 3. ordinal. <DD> 4. ordinance. <DD> 5. ordinary. <DD> 6. ordnance. </DL> <A NAME="ordain"> ordain, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to pass as a law; order; decide; fix; appoint. Ex. In some places the law ordains that convicted criminals shall go to prison. The eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained (Time). (SYN) decree, prescribe. <DD> 2. to officially appoint or consecrate as a minister in a Christian church. <DD> 3. to appoint (a person) to a charge, duty, or office. <DD> 4. to appoint as part of the order of the universe or of nature; destine. <DD>v.i. to command. noun ordainer. noun ordainment. </DL> <A NAME="ordeal"> ordeal, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a severe test or experience. Ex. He dreaded the ordeal of a visit to the dentist. She wondered how he, and how she, would comport themselves in the ordeal of adieu (Arnold Bennett). (SYN) trial. <DD> 2. (in early times) an effort to decide the guilt or innocence of an accused person by making him do something dangerous like holding fire or taking poison. It was supposed that God would not let an innocent person be harmed by such danger. </DL> <A NAME="order"> order, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the way one thing follows another. Ex. in order of size, in alphabetical order. Copy the words in order. This is a printed form of the order of business at the next meeting. (SYN) sequence, succession. <DD> 2a. the condition in which every part or piece is in its right place. Ex. to put a room in order. <DD> b. a regular, methodical, or harmonious arrangement. Ex. the order of a fleet of ships. <DD> 3. condition; state. Ex. a machine in good working order. My affairs are in good order. <DD> 4. the way the world works; way things happen. Ex. the order of nature. <DD> 5. the state or condition of things in which the law is obeyed and there is no trouble; rule of law. Ex. to keep order. Order was established after the riot. <DD> 6. the principles and rules by which a meeting is run. Ex. to rise to a point of order. <DD> 7. the action of telling what to do; command. Ex. On a ship the orders of the captain must be obeyed. <DD> 8. a direction of a court or judge, especially one made in writing and not included in a judgment. <DD> 9a. a paper saying that money is to be given or paid, or something handed over. Ex. a postal money order. <DD> b. the account of someone; someone's disposition of money. Ex. He received a note for $1,000 payable to his order after one year. <DD> 10a. a spoken or written request for goods that one wants to buy or receive. Ex. Mother gave the grocer an order for two dozen eggs, a loaf of bread, and two cans of tomatoes. <DD> b. the goods so requested. Ex. Mother asked when they would deliver our order. <DD> 11. a kind or sort. Ex. He had ability of a high order. <DD> 12. (Biology.) a group in the classifying of plants and animals that is below or smaller than a class, but larger than a family. The rose family, the pea family, and several others belong to one order. <DD> 13. a social rank, grade, or class. Ex. all orders of society. He had found, in general, the lower orders debased; the superior immersed in sordid pursuits (Benjamin Disraeli). <DD> 14. a rank or position in the church. Ex. the order of bishops. <DD> 15. Usually, orders. <DD> a. ordination to the ministry of a church. <DD> b. the rite of ordination; holy orders. <DD> 16a. a brotherhood of monks, friars, or knights. Ex. the order of Saint Francis, the Benedictine Order. <DD> b. a sisterhood of nuns. <DD> 17. a society to which one is admitted as an honor. Ex. the Order of the Golden Fleece, the Order of the Garter. <DD> 18. a modern fraternal organization. Ex. the Order of Masons. <DD> 19. the badge worn by those belonging to an honorary order. <DD> 20a. any one of several styles of columns and architecture, having differences in proportion and decoration. Ex. the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders of Greek architecture. <DD> b. a style of building. <DD> 21. a regular form of worship for a given occasion. <DD> 22. a portion or serving of food in a restaurant, or other place that prepares food for sale. <DD> 23. (Mathematics.) the degree (of complexity). <DD> 24. the arrangement of the constituents in a linguistic expression. <DD> 25. (Military.) the command or position of order arms. <DD> 26. any of the nine ranks or grades of angels in medieval angelology. <DD> 27. (Especially British.) a pass for admission, without payment or at a reduced price, as to a theater or museum. <DD>v.t. 1. to put in order; arrange. Ex. to order one's affairs. I had to order my life methodically (Joseph Conrad). (SYN) regulate. <DD> 2. to tell what to do; give an order to; command; bid. Ex. to order a person to leave. The policeman ordered that the prisoners be handcuffed. (SYN) direct, instruct. <DD> 3. to prescribe as medicine. Ex. to order a tonic for a patient. <DD> 4. to give (a store, waitress, milkman, or the like) an order for; direct (a thing) to be made or furnished. Ex. to order dinner, to order a cab. Mother ordered milk, eggs, and butter from the grocer. <DD> 5. to decide; will; determine. Ex. The authorities ordered it otherwise. <DD> 6. (Ecclesiastical.) to invest with clerical rank and authority. <DD> 7. (Archaic.) to draw up in order of battle. <DD>v.i. to give orders or direction. Ex. Please order for me. expr. by order, according to an order given by the proper person. Ex. The bank was closed by order of the governor. expr. call to order, <DD> a. to open (a convention, meeting or other gathering) for formal proceedings. Ex. The annual town meeting of the town of Seekonk was called to order Monday by Town Clerk Hill (Providence Journal). <DD> b. to ask to be quiet and start work. Ex. The teacher called the class to order. expr. in order, <DD> a. in the right arrangement. Ex. Take the lowest first, then without stop the rest in order to the top. <DD> b. in proper condition; working right. Ex. Having set all things in order for that voyage ... (Miles Coverdale). <DD> c. in obedience to authority. Ex. One of the chief duties of these societies is to keep the women in order (Mary Kingsley). <DD> d. allowed by the rules of a meeting or other gathering. Ex. The motion is in order. <DD> e. likely to be done; natural; logical. Ex. A visit to the place seemed in order. <DD> f. current, in fashion; appropriate. Ex. A quotation from Professor James on any subject which his brilliant pen has touched is always in order (H. H. Horne). expr. in orders, being a clergyman. Ex. A master of arts, in full orders, is desirous of a curacy (Harriet Martineau). expr. in order that, so that; with the aim that. Ex. Come early in order that you may see him. expr. in order to, as a means to; with a view to; for the purpose of. Ex. She worked hard in order to win the prize. He ran in order to catch the train. expr. in short order, without delay; quickly. Ex. They got the broken windows replaced in short order. expr. on order, having been ordered but not yet received. Ex. The furniture store has several tables on order, but until they arrive we must wait to buy one. expr. on (or of) the order of, somewhat like; similar to. Ex. a house on the order of ours. The next day the photographer arrived, a nice tall thin man of the order of Mel Ferrer (Punch). expr. order about (or around), to send here and there; tell to do this and that. Ex. He was exasperated by the thought that he was ordered about and overruled by Russell (Macaulay). expr. out of order, <DD> a. in the wrong arrangement. Ex. He listed the states alphabetically but California was out of order. <DD> b. not in proper condition; not working right. Ex. The phone is out of order. <DD> c. against the rules of a meeting or other gathering. Ex. Senator W. Kerr Scott ... ruled the motion out of order on grounds that a quorum was not present (New York Times). <DD> d. indisposed; sick. Ex. His ... Majesty being out of order, by reason of a cold (London Gazette). <DD> e. in confusion or disorder. Ex. The boy's room was out of order. <DD> f. inappropriate; uncalled-for. Ex. It was out of order to make such a tactless remark. expr. take (holy) orders. See under holy orders. expr. to order, according to the buyer's wishes or requirements. Ex. a coat made to order. noun orderer. </DL> <A NAME="orderarms"> order arms,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the command to bring a weapon to a prescribed position, especially to bring a rifle to an erect position at the side with the butt on the ground while one is standing at attention. <DD> 2. the position in the manual of arms in which a weapon is thus held. </DL> <A NAME="orderedpair"> ordered pair,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Mathematics.) any two numbers written in a meaningful order, so that one can be considered as the first and the other as the second of the pair. </DL> <A HREF="orderinc.dic">NEXT</A>