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  • I do not think that the Novus Ordo is itself the cause of the problem but rather the occasion for the abuses that have occurred.

    Islam 2009

  • Although the Novus Ordo is indeed in English, Archbishop Bugnini thought he could do better than 2,000 years of Christian tradition and wrote his own collect which rabbits on about strengthening the will to do good.

    29 December -- St Thomas of Canterbury John 2008

  • Ordo is right in any case, you've been backsliding n devolution since last year.

    Credibility crash 2008

  • Ordo is now taken with fake pictures to make 'what (false) point exactly?

    Mental 2008

  • Ordo is now taken with fake pictures to make 'what (false) point exactly?

    Mental 2008

  • The word Ordo commonly meant, in the Middle Ages, a ritual book containing directions for liturgical functions, but not including the text of the prayers etc., recited by the celebrant or his assistants.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

  • In one sense, he's a complete genius; in the other sense, a sort of total flake 'cause one of the things he got involved in was an organization called the Ordo Templi Orientis, which is a strange kind of satanic organization led by Aleister Crowley, the great magician known as The Beast.

    Letters: Monastery Composer, Black Market Smokes 2010

  • Speaking generally, the word Ordo in this sense gave place after the twelfth century to "Cæremonialo", 'Ordinariam "and similar terms, but was retained in other senses, especially to denote the brief conspectus of the daily Office and Mass as adapted to the local calendar (see DIRECTORIES).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

  • Gardner was a member of a secret society called Ordo Templi Orientis, whose most famous member was the magician and wild man Aleister Crowley.

    Where To Park Your Broomstick Lauren Manoy 2002

  • Gardner was a member of a secret society called Ordo Templi Orientis, whose most famous member was the magician and wild man Aleister Crowley.

    Where To Park Your Broomstick Lauren Manoy 2002

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