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Order of the day

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Noun
  1. 1
    The business to be done by a body (such as a legislature) on a particular day; an agenda.

    "1808, From the Journals of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, during the Hart affair; Proceedings Relating to the Expulsion of Ezekiel Hart from the House of Assembly of Lower Canada The order of the day for the House to resolve into a Committee of the whole, to take into further consideration, the petition of Ezekiel Hart, Esquire, being read."

  2. 2
    the order of business for an assembly on a given day wordnet
  3. 3
    The most significant aspect of something; what is necessary or appropriate. figuratively

    "White tie and tails are the order of the day."

  4. 4
    The general directive of a commander in chief or the specific instructions of a commanding officer.

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