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The church hath authority to establish that for an
order at one time which at another time it may
abolish.

6. A command; a mandate; a precept; a
direction.

Upon this new fright, an order was made by both
houses for disarming all the papists in England.

7. 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 entertainment, or the
like; as, orders for blankets are large.

In those days were pit orders -- beshrew the
uncomfortable manager who abolished them.

8. A number of things or persons arranged in
a fixed or suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a
grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a group or division of
men in the same social or other position; also, a distinct character,
kind, or sort; as, the higher or lower orders of society;
talent of a high order.


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