ordeal |
ملزم کے امتحان کا قدیم طریقہ ۔ ابتلا ۔ |
(1) - Ordeal (a.) Of or pertaining to trial by ordeal. (2) - Ordeal (n.) Any severe trial, or test; a painful experience. (3) - Ordeal (n.) An ancient form of test to determine guilt or innocence, by appealing to a supernatural decision, -- once common in Europe, and still practiced in the East and by savage tribes. |
order |
حکم کرنا ۔ درست کرنا ۔ آراستہ کرنا ۔ سجانا ۔ قرینے سے لگانا ۔ حکم ۔ فرمان ۔ ضابطہ ۔ آداب ۔ مرتبہ ۔ |
(1) - Order (n.) 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 Order of the Bath; the Franciscan order. (2) - Order (n.) Of material things, like the books in a library. (3) - Order (n.) Of intellectual notions or ideas, like the topics of a discource. (4) - Order (n.) Of periods of time or occurrences, and the like. (5) - Order (n.) Right arrangement; a normal, correct, or fit condition; as, the house is in order; the machinery is out of order. (6) - Order (n.) The customary mode of procedure; established system, as in the conduct of debates or the transaction of business; usage; custom; fashion. (7) - Order (n.) Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet; as, to preserve order in a community or an assembly. (8) - Order (n.) That which prescribes a method of procedure; a rule or regulation made by competent authority; as, the rules and orders of the senate. (9) - Order (n.) A command; a mandate; a precept; a direction. (10) - Order (n.) Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system (11) - Order (n.) 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. (12) - Order (v. i.) To give orders; to issue commands. (13) - Order (n.) 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. (14) - Order (n.) 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. (15) - Order (n.) An assemblage of genera having certain important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and Insectivora are orders of Mammalia. (16) - Order (n.) 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) - Order (n.) Rank; degree; thus, the order of a curve or surface is the same as the degree of its equation. (18) - Order (n.) 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. (19) - Order (n.) To give an order to; to command; as, to order troops to advance. (20) - Order (n.) To give an order for; to secure by an order; as, to order a carriage; to order groceries. (21) - Order (n.) To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry. (22) - Order (n.) 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. |