Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Order \Or"der\, n. [OE. ordre, F. ordre, fr. L. ordo, ordinis.
   Cf. {Ordain}, {Ordinal}.]
   1. Regular arrangement; any methodical or established
      succession or harmonious relation; method; system; as:
      (a) Of material things, like the books in a library.
      (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.

   5. That which prescribes a method of procedure; a rule or
      regulation made by competent authority; as, the rules and
      orders of the senate.

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

   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.
                                                  --Clarendon.

   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. --Lamb.

   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.

            They are in equal order to their several ends.
                                                  --Jer. Taylor.

            Various orders various ensigns bear.  --Granville.

            Which, to his order of mind, must have seemed little
            short of crime.                       --Hawthorne.

Order \Or"der\, v. i.
   To give orders; to issue commands.

Order \Or"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ordered}; p pr. & vb. n.
   {Ordering}.] [From {Order}, n.]
   1. To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to
      arrange in a series, or with reference to an end. Hence,
      to regulate; to dispose; to direct; to rule.

            To him that ordereth his conversation aright. --Ps.
                                                  1. 23.

            Warriors old with ordered spear and shield.
                                                  --Milton.

   2. To give an order to; to command; as, to order troops to
      advance.

   3. To give an order for; to secure by an order; as, to order
      a carriage; to order groceries.

   4. (Eccl.) To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive
      into the ranks of the ministry.

            These ordered folk be especially titled to God.
                                                  --Chaucer.

            Persons presented to be ordered deacons. --Bk. of
                                                  Com. Prayer.

   {Order arms} (Mil.), the command at which a rifle is brought
      to a position with its but resting on the ground; also,
      the position taken at such a command.

Source : WordNet®

order
     n 1: (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a
          military or law enforcement officer) that must be
          obeyed; "the British ships dropped anchor and waited for
          orders from London"
     2: a degree in a continuum of size or quantity; "it was on the
        order of a mile"; "an explosion of a low order of
        magnitude" [syn: {order of magnitude}]
     3: established customary state (especially of society); "order
        ruled in the streets"; "law and order" [ant: {disorder}]
     4: logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements;
        "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of
        their presentation" [syn: {ordering}, {ordination}]
     5: a condition of regular or proper arrangement; "he put his
        desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order"
        [syn: {orderliness}] [ant: {disorderliness}, {disorderliness}]
     6: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court
        record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in
        New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out
        there" [syn: {decree}, {edict}, {fiat}, {rescript}]
     7: a commercial document used to request someone to supply
        something in return for payment and providing
        specifications and quantities; "IBM received an order for
        a hundred computers" [syn: {purchase order}]
     8: 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" [syn: {club}, {society}, {guild}, {gild}, {lodge}]
     9: a body of rules followed by an assembly [syn: {rules of
        order}, {parliamentary law}, {parliamentary procedure}]
     10: (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian
         clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy; "theologians
         still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not
         be a separate order" [syn: {holy order}]
     11: a group of person living under a religious rule; "the order
         of Saint Benedict" [syn: {monastic order}]
     12: (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
     13: a request for food or refreshment (as served in a restaurant
         or bar etc.); "I gave the waiter my order"
     14: (architecture) one of original three styles of Greek
         architecture distinguished by the type of column and
         entablature used or a style developed from the original
         three by the Romans
     15: putting in order; "there were mistakes in the ordering of
         items on the list" [syn: {ordering}]

order
     v 1: 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" [syn: {tell}, {enjoin}, {say}]
     2: make a request for something; "Order me some flowers";
        "order a work stoppage"
     3: issue commands or orders for [syn: {prescribe}, {dictate}]
     4: bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage;
        impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people
        dress"; "This town likes to regulate" [syn: {regulate}, {regularize},
         {regularise}, {govern}] [ant: {deregulate}]
     5: bring order to or into; "Order these files" [ant: {disorder}]
     6: place in a certain order; "order these files"
     7: appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the Church"
        [syn: {ordain}, {consecrate}, {ordinate}]
     8: arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.; "arrange my
        schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with
        those of bygone times" [syn: {arrange}, {set up}, {put}]
     9: assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these
        students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food
        guide" [syn: {rate}, {rank}, {range}, {grade}, {place}]