Ordo
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Ordo may refer to:
- A musical phrase constructed from one or more statements of a rhythmic modeRhythmic modeIn medieval music, the rhythmic modes were set patterns of long and short durations . The value of each note is not determined by the form of the written note , but rather by its position within a group of notes written as a single figure called a "ligature", and by the position of the ligature...
pattern and ending in a rest - Ordo (palace) (Orda or Horde), is a nomadic palace for the Mongol aristocrats and the Turkic rulers
- Order (biology)Order (biology)In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
, in the taxonomy of organisms - Ordo Recitandi: The Ordo gives complete details of the celebration of the Eucharist and the Liturgy of the Hours, beginning with the first Sunday of Advent
- The Inquisition from Warhammer 40,000Warhammer 40,000Warhammer 40,000 is a tabletop miniature wargame produced by Games Workshop, set in a dystopian science fantasy universe. Warhammer 40,000 was created by Rick Priestley in 1987 as the futuristic companion to Warhammer Fantasy Battle, sharing many game mechanics...
has three main ordines:The Ordo Malleus,The Ordo Hereticus and The Ordo Xenos - Monastic order
- Ordo Templi OrientisOrdo Templi OrientisOrdo Templi Orientis is an international fraternal and religious organization founded at the beginning of the 20th century...
, an organization dedicated to the religious philosophy of Thelema - The scholarly economic/political science journal ORDO, The Annual Review of Economic and Social OrderORDO (journal)ORDO — Jahrbuch für die Ordnung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft is a peer-reviewed academic journal created by German economists Walter Eucken and Franz Böhm in 1948...
- Canderous Ordo, a fictional character in the Star Wars video games Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
- A fictional encryption program from the book CryptonomiconCryptonomiconCryptonomicon is a 1999 novel by American author Neal Stephenson. The novel follows the exploits of two groups of people in two different time periods, presented in alternating chapters...
, by Neal Stephenson - Novus ordo seclorumNovus Ordo SeclorumThe phrase Novus ordo seclorum appears on the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States, first designed in 1782 and printed on the back of the United States one-dollar bill since 1935. The phrase also appears on the coat of arms of the Yale School of Management, Yale University's business...
which appears on the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States - Ordo Missae, the order (regulation) of the Eucharist in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church