Vocabulary : Ordeal to Orderly

Ordeal : An ancient form of test to determine guilt or innocence, by appealing to a supernatural decision, -- once common in Europe, and still practiced in the East and by savage tribes. ;; Any severe trial, or test; a painful experience. ;; Of or pertaining to trial by ordeal.
Order : Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system ;; Of material things, like the books in a library. ;; Of intellectual notions or ideas, like the topics of a discource. ;; Of periods of time or occurrences, and the like. ;; Right arrangement; a normal, correct, or fit condition; as, the house is in order; the machinery is out of order. ;; The customary mode of procedure; established system, as in the conduct of debates or the transaction of business; usage; custom; fashion. ;; Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet; as, to preserve order in a community or an assembly. ;; That which prescribes a method of procedure; a rule or regulation made by competent authority; as, the rules and orders of the senate. ;; A command; a mandate; a precept; a direction. ;; Hence: A commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods; a direction, in writing, to pay money, to furnish supplies, to admit to a building, a place of e
Orderable : Capable of being ordered; tractable.
Ordered : of Order
Orderer : One who puts in order, arranges, methodizes, or regulates. ;; One who gives orders.
Ordering : of Order ;; Disposition; distribution; management.
Orderless : Being without order or regularity; disorderly; out of rule.
Orderlies : of Orderly
Orderliness : The state or quality of being orderly.
Orderly : Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan. ;; Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly community. ;; Performed in good or established order; well-regulated. ;; Being on duty; keeping order; conveying orders. ;; According to due order; regularly; methodically; duly. ;; A noncommissioned officer or soldier who attends a superior officer to carry his orders, or to render other service. ;; A street sweeper.
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