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(b) Of intellectual notions or
ideas, like the topics of a discource. (c)
Of periods of time or occurrences, and the like.

The side chambers were . . . thirty in
order.

Ezek. xli. 6.

Bright-harnessed angels sit in order
serviceable.

Milton.

Good order is the foundation of all good
things.

Burke.

2. Right arrangement; a normal, correct, or
fit condition; as, the house is in order; the machinery is out
of order. Locke.

3. The customary mode of procedure;
established system, as in the conduct of debates or the transaction
of business; usage; custom; fashion. Dantiel.

And, pregnant with his grander thought,

Brought the old order into doubt.

Emerson.

4. Conformity with law or decorum; freedom
from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet; as, to preserve
order in a community or an assembly.

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