(n): an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
(n): a degree in a continuum of size or quantity
(n): the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
(n): established customary state (especially of society)
(n): the way something is with respect to its main attributes
(n): logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements
(n): an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging
(n): a condition of regular or proper arrangement
(n): a state at a particular time
(n): a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
(n): a legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body
(n): a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities
(n): a document of or relating to commerce
(n): a formal association of people with similar interests
(n): a formal organization of people or groups of people
(n): a body of rules followed by an assembly
(n): prescribed guide for conduct or action
(n): (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy
(n): the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
(n): a group of person living under a religious rule
(n): a subdivision of a larger religious group
(n): (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families
(n): animal or plant group having natural relations
(n): a request for something to be made, supplied, or served
(n): the verbal act of requesting
(n): (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
(n): the style of a particular artist or school or movement
(n): the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
(n): the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically
(v): give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
(v): ask (a person) to do something
(v): make a request for something
(v): express the need or desire for; ask for
(v): issue commands or orders for
(v): impose something unpleasant
(v): bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
(v): reach, make, or come to a decision about something
(v): bring order to or into
(v): put into a proper or systematic order
(v): place in a certain order
(v): put into a proper or systematic order
(v): appoint to a clerical posts
(v): provide with power and authority
(v): arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
(v): cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea
(v): assign a rank or rating to
(v): form a critical opinion of