plural of ordo

A region of China, enclosed by the great northern bend of the Huang He and the Wei river to the south; also called Ordos Loop.

(music) A musical phrase constructed from one or more statements of one modal pattern and ending in a rest.

(theology) A series of conceptual steps within the Christian doctrine of salvation.

(Roman Catholicism) The version of the Roman Rite of the Mass established in 1969, the Mass of Paul VI, usually celebrated in a vernacular language.