A particular system of social structures, institutions, customs, values, and practices which conserve, maintain, and enforce certain societal relations and behavioral patterns.

plural of go order

(UK) A police order that temporarily bans a perpetrator of domestic violence from the family home, preventing the victim from having to flee.

plural of pecking order

plural of stroke order

(military) A position in which the gun is held at the right side, with its butt on the ground.

(military) To adopt such a position.

plural of back order

plural of bond order

(chiefly Australia, UK) An order of chivalry established for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement.