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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈoːr.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɔr.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ōrdō''' ''m'' (genitive ōrdinis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*ord-n-|t=row, order]], perhaps from [[ine-pro|*h₂or-d-]], a d-extension of the root [[ine-pro|*h₂er-|t=to fit]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The Oxford Latin Dictionary connects it with [[ordior]] “to begin a web”, so first “a thread on the loom”.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) The verb [[ōrnō]] “to equip” is an old derivative.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Naevius uses it.^(de Vaan 2008) Köbler dates Naevius c. 235–200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In Classical Latin it was a row, as Cicero's trees planted in quincunx rows, a line or rank of soldiers, and a century as a military unit, led by the ''ōrdinis ductor''.^(OLD 2012) It was a class or order of citizens, as the senatorial order, and an arrangement, sequence or regular order.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Döderlein contrasts it with [[seriēs]], a merely outward row.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In medieval Latin it was a manner, legal regulations and the order of a ceremony.^(Niermeyer 1976) In Ecclesiastical Latin an ''ōrdō'' was a guide to the liturgy, as the ''Ōrdō Rōmānus''.^(Wiktionary) English ''order'' is recorded around 1200 of a religious order, and ''ordinary'' comes from [[ōrdinārius]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of rows of trees.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 1200 – English ''order'' is recorded of a religious order.^(Etymonline)

+ * c. 1400 – English ''ordinary'' is recorded, from ''ōrdinārius''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A row, line.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # A rank (of soldiers); a century; command of a century.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A class, [[m|en|order]], rank (of citizens).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Arrangement, sequence, regular order.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A manner; a rite.^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' A guide to the [[m|en|liturgy]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ōrdinālis]]

+ * [[ōrdinārius]]

+ * [[ōrdinō]]

+ * [[ōrnō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ōrdināriē]]

+ * [[ōrdinātē]]

+ * [[ōrdinātim]]

+ * [[ōrdinātiō]]

+ * [[ōrdinātīvus]]

+ * [[ōrdinātor]]

+ * [[ōrdinātrix]]

+ * [[ōrdinātus]]

+ * [[ordior]]

+ * [[en|order]]

+ * [[en|ordinary]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Isidore says the order of bishops has four ranks: patriarchs, archbishops, metropolitans and bishops.^(Isidore)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}