give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"
a group of person living under a religious rule; "the order of Saint Benedict"
issue commands or orders for
a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"
appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"
logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements; "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"
bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
(usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy; "theol