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(Catholicism) a group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion by adherence to a particular rule or set of principles.
From Proto-Italic*ordō(“row, order”); the initial ō- is a secondary development. Probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European*h₂or-dʰ-Hō, from *h₂er-(“to fit together”), whence also artus(“joint, limb”).[1]
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ōrdō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 434
Further reading
“ordo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ordo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
ordo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
ordo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
chronology: temporum ratio, descriptio, ordo
to narrate events in the order of their occurrence: res temporum ordine servato narrare
to detail the whole history of an affair: ordine narrare, quomodo res gesta sit
the order of words: ordo verborum (Or. 63. 214)
the alphabet: litterarumordo
to arrange in alphabetical order: ad litteram or litterarum ordine digerere
the senatorial order: ordo senatorius (amplissimus)
the equestrian order; the knights: ordo equester (splendidissimus)
people of every rank and age: homines omnium ordinum et aetatum
with close ranks; with ranks in disorder: confertis, solutis ordinibus
in open order: raris ordinibus
to fight in open order: laxatis (opp. confertis) ordinibus pugnare
(ambiguous) to systematise, classify a thing: in ordinem redigere aliquid
(ambiguous) to observe the chronological order of events: temporum ordinem servare
(ambiguous) to keep the ranks: ordines servare (B. G. 4. 26)
(ambiguous) to break the ranks: ordines turbare, perrumpere
“ordo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
ordo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
“ordo”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin