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Definition of order : 1. A body of persons having some common honorary distinction or rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons or aggregate of convents living under a common rule; as, the of the Bath; the Franciscan order.
2. A command; a mandate; a precept; a direction.
3. 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.
4. An assemblage of genera having certain important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and Insectivora are orders of Mammalia.
5. An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; - often used in the plural; as, to take orders, or to take holy orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry.
6. Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet; as, to preserve order in a community or an assembly.
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.
8. Of intellectual notions or ideas, like the topics of a discource.
9. Of periods of time or occurrences, and the like.
10. Rank; degree; thus, the order of a curve or surface is the same as the degree of its equation.
11. Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system
12. Right arrangement; a normal, correct, or fit condition; as, the house is in order; the machinery is out of order.
13. That which prescribes a method of procedure; a rule or regulation made by competent authority; as, the rules and orders of the senate.
14. The customary mode of procedure; established system, as in the conduct of debates or the transaction of business; usage; custom; fashion.
15. The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence ( as the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural designing.
16. The placing of words and members in a sentence in such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty or clearness of expression.
17. To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.
18. To give an order for; to secure by an order; as, to order a carriage; to order groceries.
19. To give an order to; to command; as, to order troops to advance.
20. To give orders; to issue commands.
21. 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.

Synonyms:

dress, enact, pattern, direction, consecrate, assure, fiat, prescribe, suppose, distinguish, install, invest, vagabond, round, state, disposition, hierarchy, nightclub, precede, decree, severalize, coordinate, fettle, value, wander, army, rove, parliamentary procedure, ramble, sanctify, words, hostelry, drift, mark, league, dedicate, read, sect, parade, confederation, ordinate, point, battle array, launch, holy order, station, society, tell apart, indian lodge, differentiate, disarray, erect, application, gild, localize, locate, lay out, ball club, allege, methodicalness, narrate, secernate, localise, ordering, order of magnitude, instruction, rite, rear, say, vow, tradition, management, guild, outrank, fix up, come out, ensnare, club, social club, streak, instal, enjoin, condition, influence, put together, bon ton, ranging, effect, under the command of, rescript, found, send, stray, tack, assortment, systematization, hostel, adaptation, amount, graze, tier, rig, evidence, hunting lodge, pasture, target, sound out, range, regularise, pitch, stage, engagement, tell, nine, recite, piece, bulk, browse, golf-club, format, formation, custom, secern, manner, purchase order, fraternity, course, commandment, association, booking, couch, set up, assemble, charge, reserve, purchase, inn, parliamentary law, tack together, roam, requisition, fitness, exhibition, status, revision, devote, pronounce, night club, word, revise, suite, entrap, for, put, routine, redact, directive, aver, coif, by the authority of, straddle, give, lot, identify, roll, fellowship, baffle, monastic order, reservation, cosmos, standardizing, smart set, magnitude, baseball club, buying, show, description, scale, line of battle, enounce, clubhouse, behest, raise, federation, pose, modulate, quantity, union, come in, systemization, shipment, over, companionship, hallow, collection, establishment, regulation, high society, nature, gear up, put up, commit, ritual, trim, request, coiffe, run, kilter, regularize, computation, put in, consecution, categorization, coiffure, distribution, auberge, disposal, better, sight, order of battle, confusion, rewrite, dictate, rules of order, bidding, do, crop, law, articulate, ready, determine, lay, site, revisal, bless, severalise, company, nightspot, ordination, index, cabaret, aim, injunction, edict, enunciate, tramp, effectuate, congress, ordain, trimming, beau monde, mandate, procedure, set out, deployment, train, bracket, post, grouping, lodge, layout, swan, placement, lineup, sorority, assign, recount, ordinance

cleanse, sweep, launder, tidy, wipe, clean, clear, sanitize, sterilize, wash, purify, neaten, scrub, disinfect, filter, purge

neutrality, accord, nonresistance, quietness, quiet, quiescence, calm, placidness, repose, armistice, amity, nonaggression, serenity, friendliness, tranquility, peace, rest, truce, cease-fire, concord, orderliness, peacefulness

execute, discipline, rule, pilot, oversee, bridle, harness, administer, dominate, govern, superintend, manage, lead, command, supervise, preside, steer, direct

control, integrate, array, method, prepare, mediate, right, rank, balance, settle, organize, system, regulate, plot, harmonize, plan, support, uniformity, scheme, stabilize, harmony, form, consistency, schematize, arrange, subordinate, class, establish, fix, schedule, group, frame, methodize, normality, grade, normalcy, structure, sort, categorize, normalize, unify, unsnarl, sift, place, orchestrate, stratify, classify, set, compose, cast, marshal, stability, steadiness, shape, rationalize, chart, program, systematize, efficiency, type, separate, collate, maintain, arrangement, organization, design, score, screen, devise, adjust, pigeonhole, rate, regularity, symmetry

precession, position, primacy, priority, earliness, precedence, anticipation, antecedence

brand, label, stamp, designate, assort

genus, species, family, category, mold, breed, grain, race, step, ilk, phylum, strain, level, kind, people, degree, kingdom, line, variety, stock, caste, genotype, clan, make, series, style, designation, classification, taxonomy, stripe, feather, persuasion, denomination

queue, sequence, align, concatenate, progress, chain, progression, procession, follow, succeed, link, succession, thread, string

Usage examples:

• If thou knowest what has become of him, tell me at once, I order thee." - "Four Arthurian Romances "Erec et Enide", "Cliges", "Yvain", and "Lancelot"", Chretien DeTroyes.
• That telegram was the weapon with which I intended to frighten Madame away from Pesth in order that I might take her place. - "By Wit of Woman", Arthur W. Marchmont.
• " No, no; but the order is- and if you had been the general-" " You know I am not the general, I think." - "Louise de la Valliere", Alexandre Dumas, Pere.