orderite
orderite noun: a member of an order.
Noun (1)
orderite (plural orderites)
- A member of an order.
- The separation created a situation where “the orderites would have their dances in one building, and the outsiders would have their dances in another hall.”2001, Ronald Barney, One Side By Himself, →ISBN
Noun (2) capitalized: Orderite
Orderite (plural Orderites)
- Alternative letter-case form of orderite; a member of a specified (real or notional) Order (for example, the United Order or the New World Order).
- In his admirable monograph, Leonard J. Arrington has given a new slant to this experiment. Here are the facts and figures, the letters, the problems, the attitudes of both the Orderites and their neighbors.1971, The Western Humanities Review
- Although certain residents of the United Order towns were active in the cooperative movement, control was decidedly in the hands of the larger and somewhat more affluent Eastern Arizona Stake. Numerical and economic matters doubtlessly curtailed the participation of the "Orderites," but a more...1973, Charles S. Peterson, Take Up Your Mission: Mormon Colonizing Along the Little Colorado River, 1870-1900
Forms of orderite
| plural | orderites |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Orderite |
| plural | Orderites |
Origin of orderite
From order + -ite.
From Order + -ite.
Questions about orderite
- What does orderite mean?
- Orderite means a member of an order.
- What part of speech is orderite?
- Orderite is a noun.
- What is the plural of orderite?
- The plural of orderite is orderites.
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