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ordo

ordo noun: a musical phrase constructed from one or more statements of one modal pattern and ending in a rest.

Noun

ordo (plural ordines or ordos)

  1. A musical phrase constructed from one or more statements of one modal pattern and ending in a rest.
  2. A calendar which prescribes the Mass and office which is to be celebrated each day.
  3. A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below classis and above familia.
  4. an established civil body or corporation with a hierarchy
    Synonyms:
    order

Synonyms of ordo

Forms of ordo

pluralordines
pluralordos

Plural of ordo: ordines or ordos

Origin of ordo

Borrowed from Latin ōrdō. Doublet of order.

Words formed from ordo

Phrases with ordo

Questions about ordo

What does ordo mean?
Ordo means a musical phrase constructed from one or more statements of one modal pattern and ending in a rest.
What part of speech is ordo?
Ordo is a noun.
What is the plural of ordo?
The plural of ordo is ordines.

Words near ordo in the dictionary

  1. Ordnance Survey maps
  2. ordnanceman
  3. ordnancemen
  4. ordnances
  5. Ordnung
  6. ordo
  7. ordo amoris
  8. ordo salutis
  9. ordoliberal
  10. ordoliberalism
  11. ordoliberalist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ordo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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