ordo

[ awr-doh ]

noun

, plural or·di·nes [awr, -dn-eez].

1. Roman Catholic Church. a booklet containing short and abbreviated directions for the contents of the office and Mass of each day in the year.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ordo¹

1840–50; < Medieval Latin ōrdō, Latin: series, row, order

Example Sentences

They exhibit the three indispensable gifts of the finest authorship: "simplicitas munditiis," "lucidus ordo," "curiosa felicitas."

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What rule should a priest follow when he finds in the Ordo a regulation which he believes to be certainly incorrect?

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But if the mistake be not clearly and evidently such, the priest should follow the Ordo.

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Referring to the words 'et nullus ordo,' in Job x. 22; see 177 above.

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Primo ratione ordinis connotandi, ut scilicet ordo reparationis responderet ordini praevaricationis.

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