ordenado

Ordenado is a term found in Spanish and Portuguese with related meanings rooted in the idea of order and arrangement. It is the past participle of the verbs ordenar in both languages, and as an adjective it generally denotes that something has been organized, arranged, or sorted. In everyday use, one speaks of a lista ordenada (an ordered list) or datos ordenados por fecha (data sorted by date). The word also appears in computing and data contexts to describe sequences that follow a defined order.

Etymology traces ordenado to the Latin ordinatus, from ordo, meaning order or arrangement. This root is shared across Romance languages, which explains the close semantic connection between ordering, organizing, and arranging in Spanish and Portuguese.

In religious and clerical contexts, ordenado has a distinct meaning: it describes a person who has received holy orders, i.e., who has been ordained as a priest, deacon, or bishop. The phrase ser ordenado is used to indicate the rite of ordination and the status that follows from it. This sense is common in both Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking communities and is found in liturgical, historical, and biographical texts.

In summary, ordenado broadly covers two related domains: general organization or sorting of objects, information, or data; and the religious status of being ordained, as well as their respective adjectival uses in Spanish and Portuguese. See also ordination, ordenação, and related terms for related concepts of order and formal designation.