# Military order

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'''Military order''' may refer to:

== Orders ==
* [Military order (religious society)](/source/Military_order_(religious_society)), confraternity of knights originally established as religious societies during the medieval Crusades for protection of Christianity and the Catholic Church

== Military organisation and terms ==
* [Military order (instruction)](/source/Military_order_(instruction)), including an individual command by an armed forces officer to a person under his command
** [General order](/source/General_order), a published directive originated by a commander of a military organization
** [Operations order](/source/Operations_order), an executable plan that directs a unit on how to conduct a military operation
** [Close order drill](/source/Close_order_drill), a form of military parade for ceremonial purposes
* [Martial law](/source/Martial_law), order and security maintained by the military when government or civilian authorities fail to function effectively
* [Military justice](/source/Military_justice) or military law, a body of laws and procedures governing members of the armed forces

== See also ==
* [Order (honour)](/source/Order_(honour)), a designation of merit awarded by a government, dynastic house, sovereign or organization to an individual
* [Shortlex order](/source/Shortlex_order), a method for ordering sequences in mathematics and formal language theory.

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